Patti Smith - M Train ? at GW Lisner Auditorium
Friday, October 9, 2015 at 7 p.m.
Musician, writer, poet?the artist known as Patti Smith is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has a record (Horses) on the list of top 100 albums of all time. The French Ministry of Culture has declared her a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, and she was awarded the National Book Award for Just Kids, a memoir that has moved and enchanted thousands of readers. In M Train (Knopf, $25), Smith continues the story, visiting eighteen places that have special meaning for her, from the Greenwich Village café where she begins her days to the Michigan home she shared with her late husband and on to the memorials and grave sites of artists that have empowered and inspired her, a list that includes Frida Kahlo, Sylvia Plath, and Rimbaud. Smith complements her journeys with her signature wry musings and her own black-and-white photos.
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