Patti Smith: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Patti Smith, Patti Smith (1977), is a collection of poems and sheet music; and Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future (1998) combines all her lyrics to date with her own annotations and photographs by Annie Leibovitz and Robert Mapplethorpe, among others. Dusty Roach, Patti Smith: Rock & Roll Madonna (1979), is a popular photo book. Profiles of her may be found in Lucy O’Brien, She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop, and Soul (1995), pp. 111–117; and Deborah Frost, “Patti Smith,” in Barbara O’Dair (ed.), Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock (1997), pp. 269–275.

Representative Works

Poetry

  • Babel (1978)
  • Early Work, 1970–1979 (1994)
  • The Coral Sea (1996)

Discography

  • Horses (1975)
  • Radio Ethiopia (1976)
  • Easter (1978)
  • Wave (1979)
  • Dream of Life (1988)
  • Gone Again (1996)
  • Peace and Noise (1997)

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: NPR - Patti Smith Looks Back On Life Before She Became The Godmother of Punk. Dec 20, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Patti Smith: ‘You decide your fate. Are you going to fall apart or own it?’. Oct 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - ‘Bansai, bansai, it’s better to write then die’: Patti Smith as icon of the contemporary writing memoir. Jun 19, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 22, 2024
Anniversary information added. Dec 26, 2023
Added A Book of Days. Nov 17, 2022
Noted her work with Soundwalk Collective. Jan 20, 2021
Added the book Year of the Monkey. Oct 02, 2019
Article revised and updated. Aug 15, 2018
Added the book Devotion. Sep 12, 2017
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Centre for the Book - Biography of Patti Smith. Apr 10, 2017
Noted the publication of M Train. Oct 06, 2015
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Patti Smith. May 12, 2014
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Patti Smith. May 12, 2014
Added the album Banga (2012). Jun 27, 2012
Just Kids won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2010. Nov 18, 2010
Her memoir, Just Kids, was published in 2010. Jan 21, 2010
Added new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Patti Smith. Dec 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of Patti Smith. Dec 04, 2008
Article revised and updated. Mar 16, 2007
Article revised. Apr 20, 2001
Article revised. Feb 09, 2000
New article added. Dec 02, 1999
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