Devotion (Why I Write)

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By turns allegorical, metaphysical, fictional and factual, Devotion shows rather than tells what it means to give a life to writing. A master of poetic innovation, Smith takes her style to the next level in this slim volume.”—Katherine Cooper, Hyperallergic

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Of her effort to write about writing, we might say that Smith ends up saying what a lot of writers who write about writing might say: that it is a calling, that it is done out of necessity, that it aims to improve the world, that it aims to show the best of its author, that it’s hard, that it’s joyous, that it’s under the influence of everything in the author’s life, and that it’s an influence on everything in the author’s life. Smith, Patti (October 17, 1997). "A conversation with singer Patti Smith". Charlie Rose (Interview: Video). New York: WNET. Archived from the original on January 21, 2011 . Retrieved January 12, 2011. All of my activism is an extension of common sense,” Smith says. “It’s obviously the right thing to do to fight for civil rights, it’s not a matter of consideration or taste. Climate change, war, they really affect all people. So much of my efforts, so-called politically, have been toward the greater good. It’s something that sometimes hits us very specifically, like, the writer [Rooney], I thought that was a very brave move, because I have my own considerations. I haven’t performed in Israel since 1999.” Poetic singer songwriter Joustene Lorenz also cites Patti Smith as a 'powerful influence' on her life and music. [101] Activism [ edit ] Smith in 2018 The climate emergency is at the forefront of Smith’s mind. We’re meeting via Zoom to discuss her headline concert at the opening of Cop26, and I’m momentarily thrown by the sight of the queen of punk waving at me from her bedroom in New York. But there she is, her thin frame draped in a green shirt, her long silver hair in plaited pigtails on each side of her angular, undone face. A guitar rests in the corner of the room, while her cat makes regular appearances on screen. An artist, almost more than anyone, has got to be freeSisario, Ben (February 24, 2010). "Concert Still Shines a Light on Tibetan Culture". The New York Times . Retrieved April 1, 2019. At this early age, Smith was exposed to her first records, including Shrimp Boats by Harry Belafonte, Patience and Prudence's The Money Tree, and Another Side of Bob Dylan, which her mother gave her. Smith graduated from Deptford Township High School in 1964 and, following graduation, began work in a factory. [1] [18] She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, on April 26, 1967, and placed her for adoption. [18] She later entered Glassboro State College in Glassboro, New Jersey. We have to fight for what is right': Patti Smith on gender, Sally Rooney and Cop26". The Guardian. October 29, 2021.

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Petrusich, Amanda (December 10, 2016). "A Transcendent Patti Smith Accepts Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize". The New Yorker. In 2015, Smith appeared with Nader, spoke and performed the songs "Wing" and "People Have the Power" during the American Museum of Tort Law convocation ceremony in Winsted, Connecticut. [111] In 2016, Smith spoke, read poetry, and performed several songs along with her daughter Jesse at Nader's Breaking Through Power conference at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. [112] Thompson, Dave (2011). Dancing Barefoot: The Patti Smith Story. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-569-76325-4. Crawford, Anwen (October 6, 2015). "The Theology of Patti Smith". The New Yorker . Retrieved June 1, 2017. Tayla, Alican; Çiğdem Öztürk, Yücel Göktürk (November 2007). "Bir Kamu Çalışanı Olarak". Roll. Istanbul, Turkey (123): 28. ISSN 1307-4628.Kreps, Daniel (December 10, 2016). "See Patti Smith Cover Dylan's 'Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' at Nobel Ceremony". Rolling Stone. LeMay, Matt (March 9, 2011). "R.E.M. Collapse into Now [Album Review]". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 1, 2018. Smith was born on December 30, 1946, at Grant Hospital in Chicago [5] [10] to Beverly Smith, a jazz singer turned waitress, and Grant Smith, a Honeywell machinist. [11] The family was of part Irish ancestry [12] and Patti was the eldest of four children, with siblings Linda, Kimberly, and Todd. [13] When Smith was four, the family moved from Chicago to the Germantown section of Philadelphia, [14] then to Pitman, New Jersey, [15] and finally settled in the Woodbury Gardens section of Deptford Township, New Jersey. [16] [17]

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Patti Smith – Land: Horses/Land Of A Thousand Dances/La Mer (De)". Paste. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015 . Retrieved October 28, 2015. Smith, a contemplative writer of gratitude and reverence, . . . deepens her inquiry into the nature of inspiration in this slender, trenchant volume. . . . Gracefully improvisational, as always, Smith offers an unusually poetic, mystical, and transfixing perspective on the mystery of literary creation."--Donna Seaman, Booklist When I speak to Patti for a second time, it’s just me and her. I ask her how we can convince people of the climate emergency when so many are reluctant to make sacrifices, and during a period in which every concern, no matter how grave or altruistic, is reduced to a culture war. She says she’s never seen times like those we are living in. Costa Concordia was the set for a movie directed by Jean-Luc Godard". To Be A Travel Agent. Archived from the original on July 25, 2018 . Retrieved February 4, 2012.In November 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. [8] The book fulfilled a promise she made to her former long-time partner Robert Mapplethorpe. She is ranked 47th on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, which was published in 2010 [9] and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize. Mapplethorpe's photographs of Smith became the covers for Smith's albums, and they remained lifelong friends until Mapplethorpe's death in 1989. [19] Smith's book and album The Coral Sea is an homage to Mapplethorpe and Just Kids tells the story of their relationship. She also wrote essays for several of Mapplethorpe's books, including one, at Mapplethorpe's request, for his posthumous Flowers. [20] In March 2003, ten days after Rachel Corrie's death, Smith appeared in Austin, Texas and performed an anti-war concert. She subsequently wrote "Peaceable Kingdom", a song which was inspired by and is dedicated to Corrie. [109] In 2009, in her Meltdown concert in Festival Hall, she paid homage to the Iranians taking part in post-election protests by saying "Where is My Vote?" in a version of the song "People Have the Power". [110]