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National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids, Patti Smith writes of her childhood in this glittering memoir
National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids, Patti Smith writes of her childhood in this glittering memoir
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A story of becoming an artist, by the godmother of rock'n'roll: the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids, Patti Smith
'A poet of distinction' New York Times
'Glorious' NPR
'Rare and ferocious' Salon
'Shockingly beautiful' New York Magazine
Everything contained in this little book is true, and written just like it was. The writing of it drew me from my strange torpor and I hope that in some measure it will fill the reader with a vague and curious joy...
In this small, luminous memoir, the National Book Award-winner Patti Smith revisits the most sacred experiences of her early years, with truths so vivid they border on the surreal. The author entwines her childhood selfโand its 'clear, unspeakable joy'โwith memories both real and envisioned from her twenties on New York's MacDougal Street, the street of cafรฉs.
Woolgathering was completed in Michigan, on Patti Smith's 45th birthday and was originally published in a slim volume from Raymond Foye's Hanuman Books. Twenty years later, Bloomsbury is proud to present it in a much augmented edition, featuring writing that was omitted from the book's first printing, along with new photographs and illustrations.
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Patti Smith's Woolgathering is praised for its enchanting and vivid prose, which grants even mundane activities a spiritual significance. Reviewers highlight the evocative descriptions of her childhood filled with serene joy, showcasing her adeptness in writing, a skill unsurprising to those familiar with her musical talents.
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ISBN: 9781408832301
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 10 May 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 110.0mm
Height: 182.0mm
Weight: 168g
Pages: 96
About the Author
Patti Smith is a writer, performer and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary merging of poetry and rock. She has released twelve albums, including Horses, which has been hailed as one of the top one hundred albums of all time by Rolling Stone. Smith had her first exhibit of drawings at the Gotham Book Mart in 1973 and has been represented by the Robert Miller Gallery since 1978. Her books include Just Kids, winner of the National Book Award in 2010, Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence. In 2005, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the prestigious title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, the highest honour given to an artist by the French Republic. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Smith married Fred Sonic Smith in Detroit in 1980. They had a son, Jackson, and a daughter, Jesse. Smith resides in New York City.
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