The Coral Sea
Category: Books,Literature & Fiction,Poetry
The Coral Sea Details
Review Patti Smith (in the words of Tennessee Williams) 'rings the bell of pure poetry. --William S. Burroughs" Read more About the Author Patti Smith is a poet, performer, visual artist, and author of the National Book Award-winning memoir Just Kids. She has twelve albums, has had numerous gallery shows, and continues to give concerts of her music and poetry. Her books include Early Work, The Coral Sea, Witt, Babel, Auguries of Innocence, Woolgathering, Land 250, Trois, and many others. She lives in New York. Read more
Reviews
This is not a quick read. Smith’s prose reads like poetry. She strikes images of fluidity that sink into the mind then the soul. I will keep this book in my library to read many times. It’s very different from her biography of Robert Mapplethorpe, “Just Kids.” Some of Mapplethorpe images are interspersed between chapters so reading it on Kindle they lose something—not their essence but they belong printed on glossy paper as most photographs. I have great respect for Smith’s obvious intelligence and soulful art whether revealed in words. It seems to me her art imbues her existence. A fine gem.
