A beautifully written, intimate and vivid memoir in which Smith chronicles her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe. Smith and Mapplethorpe seem the very definition of "soul mates." It's a poignant love story. Smith also offers great snapshots of the NYC art, literary music scenes of the late 60s a...
Patti Smith has turned in a lovely, almost transcendent memoir of her life with Robert Mapplethorpe. Two starving artists in New York- both of them destined for fame- what's not to love about that? Oh, and they were smack in the middle of all the happening music, all the beautiful people. While the ...
The runaway artist is a typical phase of adolescence, and the true measurement of one’s devotion to a creative life is the ability to sustain the kind of drive that can keep you going through the hunger, cold, loneliness and (perhaps worst of all) the disillusionment of adulthood. Patti Smith and R...
Born in 1942, I was too old to appreciate the punk movement when it made its appearance. I can remeber seeing a photo op of Patti Smith and Sam Shepard in a 70's issue of Life magazine and thinking that both these people really needed a bath (!). On the advice of Rolling Stone,I picked up the Horse...
Important: Our sites use cookies.
We use the information stored using cookies and similar technologies for advertising and statistics purposes.
Stored data allow us to tailor the websites to individual user's interests.
Cookies may be also used by third parties cooperating with BookLikes, like advertisers, research companies and providers of multimedia applications.
You can choose how cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings.
If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, BookLikes will not function properly and certain services will not be provided.
For more information, please go to our Privacy Policy.