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Brandon Lennán
Brandon Lennán asked Patti Smith:

Hi Patti. Loved "M Train." I'm a fellow poet and coffee gypsy and related to the sections where you describe Cafe 'Ino and your writing process. I have to say if I was given the choice of anyone to sit down and share coffee and a conversation with, it would be you. If you could sit down and have a cup of coffee and a conversation with someone who has greatly inspired you, past or present, who would it be?

Patti Smith I would have coffee with Roberto Bolano and talk about 2666. Although we would have to magically give me the gift of speaking and comprehending Spanish.
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