Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (Patti Smith) is a US singer, poet, painter and author. She was part of the New York City punk rock movement.
“She was the godmother of the punk generation, but that’s only a very small part of the Patti Smith story. She’s not only a great singer but also she knows how to write. They didn’t come out in 2017, but Just Kids and M Train are magnificent stories of her life, what it was like to live in New York in the 50s and 60s. She’s a phenomenal writer and she’s one of the most erudite people I’ve ever met.” Rob Riemen in the best humanist books of 2017.
Books by Patti Smith
A Book of Days
by Patti Smith
A Book of Days by Patti Smith starts January 1st with a photo and a single line of text and continues through the rest of the year for a total of 366 days (it includes February 29th for those born in a leap year). The book is based on Smith's very successful Instagram account.
“I guess everybody knows who Patti Smith is. She was one of my heroes when I was younger, when Horses came out. She was the godmother of the punk generation, but that’s only a very small part of the Patti Smith story. She’s not only a great singer but also she knows how to write. They didn’t come out in 2017, but Just Kids and M Train are magnificent stories of her life, what it was like to live in New York in the 50s and 60s. She’s a phenomenal writer and she’s one of the most erudite people I’ve ever met.” Read more...
Rob Riemen, Philosopher
Just Kids
by Patti Smith
Is there any reason not to listen to Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids, as an audiobook when it’s narrated by the artist herself?
Narrator: Patti Smith
Length: 9 hours and 50 minutes
Interviews where books by Patti Smith were recommended
The best books on Wanderlust, recommended by Matthew Brookes & Zack Raffin
What does it mean to live wild and young and free? We asked the authors of a photography book on surf van culture along the California coast—”a story of youth choosing to follow their dreams, living out of vans, existing for surf and travel and freedom, and always chasing the best waves”—for references that help answer this question. Wanderlust can be a philosophy for life, as these books illustrate beautifully.
The best books on The Lives of Artists, recommended by Maria Loh
We live in an age obsessed with self-image. Technology has made the ‘selfie’ a ubiquitous form of social currency. Renaissance means may have been very different, but celebrity artists in Medici Florence dealt with many of the issues relating to identity and authorship that we grapple with today. Maria Loh, author of Still Lives: Death, Desire, and the Portrait of the Old Master, talks to Five Books about the curated self.
Best Humanist Books of 2017, recommended by Rob Riemen
Without the cultivation of the life of the mind, you will never understand anything about your own life or the world that we live in, says cultural critic Rob Riemen. To get you started for the new year, he recommends the best humanist books (that he read) published in 2017.
