Patti Smith

Ice features fifty-eight of Lynn Davis's stunning images of the Jakobshavn Glacier facing Disko Bay in Greenland, which she captured over a twenty-year period beginning in 1986. Whether they take the shape of spires, arches, or cliffs, each formation captures what Davis refers to as the "changing alchemy of ice and water that created such monolithic forms." Over time, the glacier has retreated, and so too have the icebergs, reminding us that nature as we have know it and taken for granted is now disappearing faster than we had ever imagined. It is Davis's hope that "by witnessing and recording such transcendent phenomena that it is not too late to change what now seems like an irreversible fate."

National Best Seller From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the caf s and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as "a roadmap to my life." M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village caf where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorer's society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today.

Tucked away in a remote stream valley in Vermont, a dynasty of beavers has nearly completed the restoration of the meadows and ponds that adorned this stream in the days before the beavers of a continent were turned into top hats. Willow, Popple, and their progeny begin the night's work of dam repair, scent marking, tree felling until a soft call alerts them to the arrival of the strange honorary member of their clan, this book's author, Patti Smith. They scramble ashore and poke eagerly about her feet as she prepares to picnic and to record the events that transpire on the shores of Popple's Pond. Through the seasons, and through the years, these records-transformed into interwoven vignettes-invite the reader to enter the world of the beavers and the other inhabitants of the wetlands. Meet Terrible Jack the lonely moose, Henri the civilized goose, and the myriad small creatures that populate the night forest. The author, a native of this landscape, brings a naturalist's eye and a compassionate voice to these stories. After three years with the beavers, readers are invited to accompany the author to other worlds where different characters await. Keep this book wherever you have a moment for a short adventure- to follow the trail of a bear cub through the moonlight, enter the low-roofed world of the snowshoe hare, or to stand in the midst of a melee of migrating amphibians. These stories offer respite to those wearied by the barrage of bad news, and a chance to reconnect with the nature that perseveres around us.

Forfatteren og rockpoeten Patti Smith vandt i 2010 den prestigefyldte National Book Award for 'Just Kids', som har gået sin sejrsgang verden over og er blevet betegnet som et mesterværk inden for sin genre.'Drømmespinderi' er en intens lille perle af en erindringsbog. Med glimt tilbage til barndommens mystiske og magiske verden – og til den tidlige ungdoms uskyld og usikkerheder. Bogen rummer essensen af, hvad Patti Smith kan som poet og skribent: give ord til det forlængst glemte, indfange det flygtigste tankespind og fremmane hjertegribende scenerier. Virkelige og drømmeriske, egenartede og universelle. En lille bog, men kun af format og omfang. For den stræber højt og vokser i fylde for læseren, hvis egne erindringsbilleder uvægerligt vækkes og flettes ind. I forordet sender Patti Smith følgende ønske: “Alt i denne lille bog er sandt og beskrevet nøjagtigt, som det var. Det at skrive den trak mig ud af min sære tristesse, og det er mit håb, at den vil fylde læseren med en vag og nysgerrig fryd.” ... Det gør den.

In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work--from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.

A story of becoming an artist, by the godmother of rock'n'roll: the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids Patti Smith 'A poet of distinction' New York Times'Glorious' NPR'Rare and ferocious' Salon'Shockingly beautiful' New York MagazineEverything contained in this little book is true, and written just like it was. The writing of it drew me from my strange torpor and I hope that in some measure it will fill the reader with a vague and curious joy... In this small, luminous memoir, the National Book Award-winner Patti Smith revisits the most sacred experiences of her early years, with truths so vivid they border on the surreal. The author entwines her childhood self - and its 'clear, unspeakable joy' - with memories both real and envisioned from her twenties on New York's MacDougal Street, the street of cafés. Woolgathering was completed in Michigan, on Patti Smith's 45th birthday and originally published in a slim volume from Raymond Foye's Hanuman Books. Twenty years later, Bloomsbury is proud to present it in a much augmented edition, featuring writing that was omitted from the book's first printing, along with new photographs and illustrations.

I denne boka fortel musikaren og forfattaren Patti Smith om sitt venskap med fotografen Robert Mapplethorpe på 60- og 70-talet i New York. Året er 1967. Verda står på kanten av ei ny tid. Eit tilfeldig møte i Brooklyn fører to unge menneske inn på ein livsveg med kunst og lidenskap. Patti Smith ville bli poet og kunstnar, og Robert Mapplethorpe ville utfordre fotokunsten. Bundne saman i uskuld og entusiasme reiste dei på kryss og tvers av byen, frå Coney Island til 42nd Street, og etter kvart til det berømte runde bordet på nattklubben Max’s Kansas City, der Andy Warhol heldt hoff. I 1969 slo paret seg ned på Chelsea Hotel. Just Kids er ei varm og inderleg kjærleiksforteljing frå Smith til hennar elska venn Mapplethorpe, men boka er også eit unikt tidsdokument. Smith gir ei levande skildring av New Yorks avantgardistiske og spennande kulturliv i byrjinga av 70-talet. Her møter vi forfattarar, musikarar og kunstnarar som har påverka ein heil generasjon og sett avtrykk langt utanfor New Yorks grenser. I omgangskretsen var Sam Shepard, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, William Burroughs og mange fleire. Til norsk ved Brit Bildøen.

Through the linked pieces of The Coral Sea, Patti Smith honors her comrade-in-arms Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). She tells the story of a man on an ocean journey to see the Southern Cross, who is reflecting on his life and fighting the illness that is consuming him. Metaphoric and dreamy, this tale of transformation arises from Smith's knowledge of Mapplethorpe from a young man to a mature artist; his close relationship with patron and friend, Sam Wagstaff; his years surviving AIDS; and his ascent into death. The Coral Sea is Smith's lyrically compelling recasting of her grief to recapture Mapplethorpe's life in the past and his future in his art. Rich in evocative details, it shows the man beneath the persona. This edition features a new introduction and new material by Smith.

Med få dollar på lommen og store digterdrømme i bagagen ankommer Patti tyve år gammel til New York. Her møder hun den unge kunstnerspire Robert, og de to slutter en smuk, livslang pagt. Det er den hede sommer ’67, og rundt om dem er der opbrud på alle fronter. De er ludfattige, oprørske og slås for mad og husly – og for den fælles kunstneriske ambition. Begge opnår de en dag verdensberømmelse, Patti Smith som poet og performer, Robert Mapplethorpe som eksperimentel fotograf. Her handler det om vejen dertil. I 1969 flytter de to ind i det sagnomspundne Chelsea Hotel og dermed ind i tryllekredsen af berømte og berygtede, som i den periode gjorde New York til verdens vildeste kunstscene. Bogen er en hyldest til storbyen og kunsten, til drømme og visioner. Frem for alt er JUST KIDS en bevægende historie om kærlighed og venskab i et ubrydeligt skæbnefælleskab. NYT MATERIALE MED I DENNE UDGAVE

A great book about becoming an artist, Woolgathering tells of a youngster finding herself as she learns the noble vocation of woolgathering, a worthy calling that seemed a good job for me. She discovers often at night, often in nature the pleasures of rescuing a fleeting thought. Deeply moving, Wool- gathering calls up our own memories, as the child glimpses and gleans, piecing together a crazy quilt of truths. Smith introduces us to her tribe, a race of cloud dwellers, and to the fierce, vital pleasures of cloud watching and stargazing and wandering. A radiant new autobiographical piece, Two Worlds (which was not in the original 1992 Hanuman edition of Woolgathering), and the author s photographs and illustrations are also included. Woolgathering celebrates the sacred nature of creation with Smith s beautiful style, acclaimed as glorious (NPR), spellbinding (Booklist), rare and ferocious (Salon), and shockingly beautiful (New York Magazine).

In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work--from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.

Polarpriset 2011 till Patti Smith! »Det var sommaren då Coltrane dog. Sommaren då Jimi Hendrix satte eld på sin gitarr och Kina sprängde en vätebomb. Det var uppror i Newark och protestmarscher mot Vietnamkriget. Världen stod på tröskeln till en ny tid. Det var kärlekens sommar. Det var sommaren som förändrade mitt liv. Det var sommaren då jag mötte Robert.« Den heta sommaren 1967 lämnar Patti Smith hemstaden i New Jersey. Hon hoppar av sin lärarutbildning och tar sig till äventyret i New York. Hon är tjugo år gammal och har tröttnat på hemstadens inskränkthet. Hon vill få nya intryck och utvecklas. Och framför allt vill hon skapa. I New York träffar hon sin själsfrände Robert Mapplethorp. De två blir ett par och lever tillsammans i många år. Tillsammans med Robert kommer Patti rakt in i en miljö och atmosfär som sjuder av kreativitet och liv. Båda får de inspiration att utvecklas, och båda kommer de med tiden att nå stor berömmelse och revolutionera sina konstarter; han som fotograf och hon som musiker och poet. Just Kids är en levande skildring av New Yorks avantgardistiska och spännande kulturliv i början av 70-talet. Här får vi möta författare, musiker och konstnärer, och många av dem har påverkat en hel generation och givit avtryck långt utanför New Yorks gränser. Här fanns Sam Shepard, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, William Burroughs, Tom Verlaine och många fler. Just Kids är inte bara ett unikt tidsdokument utan också en varm och innerlig kärleksförklaring till en älskad vän. Polarprismotivering: »Polar Music Prize 2011 tilldelas den amerikanska poeten och musikern Patti Smith. Genom att viga sitt liv åt konst i alla dess former har Patti Smith visat hur mycket rock’n’roll det finns i poesi och hur mycket poesi det finns i rock’n’roll. Patti Smith är en Rimbaud med Marshall-förstärkare. Hon har förändrat hur en generation ser ut, tänker och drömmer. Den unika konstnärssjälen Patti Smith visar att people have the power.«

Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe

Tyve år gammel stiger Patti af bussen i New York. I håb om husly banker hun kort efter på hos venner i Brooklyn, de er flyttet, men inde i lejligheden ligger en ung fyr og sover, i bar overkrop og med perlekæder om halsen. Patti har mødt Robert. Lykketræf eller skæbne? Deres livstråde snor sig fra da af i et uløseligt spind, som kærester og siden soulmates. Patti, den unge pige, der har skippet fabriksjobbet i South Jersey for at søge liv og mening i storbyen. Og Robert, den irsk-katolske alterdreng fra forstæderne, der cirkler rundt i city som en ung drømmer på stoffer. De er sultne, ludfattige og oprørske. Det er den hede sommer ’67, og rundt om dem buldrer det på alle fronter. De to slås dog for det basale: mad og husly – og det vigtige: den kunstneriske ambition. Begge opnår de en dag verdensberømmelse, Patti Smith som poet og performer, Robert Mapplethorpe som eksperimentel fotograf. Her handler det om vejen dertil. I 1969 flytter de ind i det sagnomspundne Chelsea Hotel og dermed også ind i tryllekredsen af berømte og berygtede, som i den periode gjorde New York til verdens kunstscene par excellence. Med centrum omkring det runde bord på Max’ Kansas City, hvor Andy Warhol holdt hof. Et i dag stærkt mytologiseret miljø, som Patti Smith genopliver for os fra sin helt egen vinkel, indefra og nedefra. JUST KIDS er en smuk kærlighedshistorie, der begynder som et eventyr og ender som en elegi. Et boheme-romantisk erindringsbillede af et svundet New York, tegnet med vemod og nærvær. Erindringskunst af fornemste karat.

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD"Reading rocker Smith's account of her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, it's hard not to believe in fate. How else to explain the chance encounter that threw them together, allowing both to blossom? Quirky and spellbinding." -- People It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court. In 1969, the pair set up camp at the Hotel Chelsea and soon entered a community of the famous and infamous, the influential artists of the day and the colorful fringe. It was a time of heightened awareness, when the worlds of poetry, rock and roll, art, and sexual politics were colliding and exploding. In this milieu, two kids made a pact to take care of each other. Scrappy, romantic, committed to create, and fueled by their mutual dreams and drives, they would prod and provide for one another during the hungry years. Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.

Auguries of Innocence is the first book of poetry from Patti Smith in more than a decade. It marks a major accomplishment from a poet and performer who has inscribed her vision of our world in powerful anthems, ballads, and lyrics. In this intimate and searing collection of poems, Smith joins in that great tradition of troubadours, journeymen, wordsmiths, and artists who respond to the world around them in fresh and original language. Her influences are eclectic and striking: Blake, Rimbaud, Picasso, Arbus, and Johnny Appleseed. Smith is an American original; her poems are oracles for our times.