Edith Riegler

Edith Riegler asked Patti Smith:

Hi Patti, you are so well read, which contemporary authors/poets inspire you?

Patti Smith I find myself reading and rereading Roberto Bolano, Murikami, Cesar Aires, and Sebald. Though sadly, Sebald and Bolano have passed, they are my contemporaries, two of the writers I most admire.

Two wonderful books by authors I had not known of really struck me.

A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin

The Blind Contessa’s New Machine by Carey Wallace.

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Rebeccamasseyisgmail.com asked Patti Smith:

Hi Patti, I'd just like to know if there are any similarities in the way you approach writing your books and writing your albums? Thanks!

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