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Amy Poehler called this book poetic. Ha! This book is not poetic at all. It's just a memoir of Smith and Mapplethorpe. The book was interesting. I didn't know that Smith had met and mingled with so many famous ppl. I thought the book abruptly ended; all of a sudden Smith made Horses and was moving to Detroit with a guy. And I was thinking who is this guy, how did she meet him, why Detroit, etc? I didn't know if she wanted to leave that for another book or what? But it was a good read nonetheless
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I loved listening to this. Patti Smith's voice is so genuine and interesting - her performance of writing so different than her performance of music (she has said things on the lines of "I am large, I contain multitudes" in the past re: her creative life and expressions).
Learning about the simultaneous complexity and simplicity of her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe was fascinating. They shared everything and were very connected, human to human, in a way that defied rigid conceptions of s ...more
Learning about the simultaneous complexity and simplicity of her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe was fascinating. They shared everything and were very connected, human to human, in a way that defied rigid conceptions of s ...more
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A very sweet account of Patti Smith's early days in NYC (A NYC might I add that really does not exist anymore) with Robert Mapplethorpe.
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Just finished reading this book, it's a treasure! Read it!!!!!!
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Totally inspirational and beautiful memoir of a passionate friendship that was also a loving artistic romance.
Please read this book.
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