Based on the Windham-Campbell Lectures, delivered annually to commemorate the awarding of the Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes at Yale University, artist and author Patti Smith...
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Author: Smith, PattiSummary:
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Author: Smith, PattiSummary:
In the summer when Coltrane died, poet Patti Smith fell in love with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Eventually the two joined up with the Andy Warhol superstars and called later Hotel Chelsea...
Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Music -
Author: Smith, PattiSummary:
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative...
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Author: Altrows, Rona, Sedivy, Julie, Albert, Samantha, Butala, Sharon, Cawthorne, Jane, Chan, Weyman, Danos, Rebecca, Edgar, Patti, Greentree, Leslie, Graham-Pole, John, Anstey Hanen, Edythe Anstey, Hansen, Vivian, Harris, Jane, Harrison, Richard, Kvern, Lee, Haynes, Elizabeth, Lévesque, Anne, Macpherson, Margaret, Major, Alice, McGrath, Wendy, Ian McKay, Stuart Ian, Neilsen Glenn, Lorri, Olding, Susan, Rees, Roberta, Seifert, Kathy, Siré, Cora, Ross Smith, Steven Ross, Sorbie, Anne, Sorestad, Glen, S. Thompson, Kelly S., van Eck, Robin van, van Herk, ArithaSummary:
The verb esperar means to wait. It also means to hope.—“The Past Was a Small Notebook, Much Scribbled-Upon”, Cora Siré Waiting, that most human of experiences, saturates all of our lives. We...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays -
Author: Bockris, VictorSummary:
Personal encounters with one of the most influential and iconic figures of the Beat Generation During the 1970s, William Burroughs, author of Junky and Naked Lunch, lived in a loft on the Bowery...
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Author: Bockris, VictorSummary:
The "poet laureate of the New York underground scene" chronicles three decades of electrifying artistic expression Once dominated by Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen...
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Author: Davis, CliveSummary:
In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can. Davis' career has...
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Author: DeFede, Jim.Summary:
"For the better part of a week, nearly every man, woman, and child in Gander and the surrounding smaller towns stopped what they were doing so they could help. They placed their lives on hold for...
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Author: Currey, MasonSummary:
More of Mason Currey's irresistible Daily Rituals, this time exploring the daily obstacles and rituals of women who are artists-painters, composers, sculptors, scientists, filmmakers, and...
Genre: Art and architecture -
Author: AlLee, JenniferSummary:
Love Brings Freedom in 9 Historical Romances Journey along as nine historical women are about to make their escape from some of life's greatest challenges. Can their captive hearts be freed to...
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fiction