Books with author Patti Smith

With "virtuosic vulnerability" (The Atlantic), the iconic bassist and Red Hot Chili peppers co-founder pens a love letter to a youth spent wild in Los Angeles in his raw and riveting coming-of-age memoir.In Acid for the Children, Flea takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical meditations, and occasional flights of fantasy, Flea deftly chronicles the experiences that forged him as an artist, a musician, and a young man. His dreamy, jazz-inflected prose makes the Los Angeles of the 1970s and 80s come to gritty, glorious life, including the potential for fun, danger, mayhem, or inspiration that lurked around every corner. It is here that young Flea, looking to escape a turbulent home, found family in a community of musicians, artists, and junkies who also lived on the fringe. He spent most of his time partying and committing petty crimes. But it was in music where he found a higher meaning, a place to channel his frustration, loneliness, and love. This left him open to the life-changing moment when he and his best friends, soul brothers, and partners-in-mischief came up with the idea to start their own band, which became the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Acid for the Children is the debut of a stunning new literary voice, whose prose is as witty, entertaining, and wildly unpredictable as the author himself. It's a tenderly evocative coming-of-age story and a raucous love letter to the power of music and creativity from one of the most renowned musicians of our time.New York Times BestsellerA #1 LA Times BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerOne of NPR's "Favorite Books of 2019"

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.

REVISED EDITION WITH FIVE THOUSAND WORDS BONUS MATERIAL AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café 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 artists at work today.

From the National Book Award winning author of "Just Kids" an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafes 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 cafe 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."

I am very excited to introduce these three exciting adventures of, "The Big Hungry Hairy Green Monster." After The Big Hungry Hairy Green Monster escapes out of his dungeon, he works his way up the winding staircase and begins to eat everything in sight. After his belly gets as big as a ball and he cannot stand tall, he burps and toots his way back down to the mighty dusty dungeon, where the black rusty dusty bars close behind him. Only later, he escapes and ventures out again, only to lose his way back home. In a white castle that sparked in the night, is where, The Big Hungry Hairy Monster met and fell in love with the Beautiful Pink Furry Monster. Taken in by his big round purple, eyes, she fluttered her long black, eyelashes at him and they lived happily ever after. This colorful adventure is filled with page after page of exciting illustrations and this amusing story will capture the full attention of your children. I highly recommend "The Big Hungry Hairy Green Monster," for young readers, three years to young adults. Also don't forget to take a peek at my new exciting children’s book, The Children’s Hour of Holidays

My name is Patty Smith and I am very excited to introduce my unique children's book, "The Children's Hour." Be one of the first to get this unique children's book, making learning easy. These 3 captivating stories are filled with thirty-five exciting colorful illustrations, featuring, “Oh Rain-Rain If You Go Away, The Wheel of Colors, and Learn To The Silly Little Riddles.” Learning can be silly and fun, learn with all the silly little riddles. Laugh with the humorous wheel of colors, and what if the rain really did go away? “The Children's Hour,” not only enhances academic learning with language skills, rhyming skills and color association, but opens the window for you to discuss; the need for rain and water for life. These three colorful delightful stories will draw and capture the attention of your children, depicting children of different races, and helps aid children with special needs, with easy reading. I highly recommend this book for your young readers, kindergarten level and up. Please don't forget to take a peak at my exciting 3 story colorful adventures in the children's book "The Big Hungry Hairy Green Monster." By Patty Smith. Also available at Amazon in paperback and on kindle.

Most teenagers think of themselves as indestructible. Patty Smith, 17, had no reason to feel otherwise. When a lump on her arm proves not to be benign, life becomes fragile, finite, and precious. How Patty responds could well stand as a model of how we would want to react in similar circumstances.A graduate of Punahou High School in Honolulu, Patty Smith finished her first year at Stanford University, CA, before succumbing to malignant non-Hodgkin's melanoma at the age of 18.Amazon reviewer Kirby Wright said: This series of journal entries spans the last 16 months of Patty's life and introduces us to the interior world of a girl realizing that being young does not mean she's immortal. I'm overwhelmed by how strong Patty was during this time. The writing also reveals her fears, sibling rivalry, desire to follow in her father's footsteps, spiritual convictions, craving for father figures, and the need to leave something meaningful behind. MANGO DAYS is Patty's gift to us and I thank her for it.I had the honor of meeting Patty's parents Kit and Margie Smith while living in Hawaii. Kit was my running mentor for the Honolulu Marathon through The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training. They provided me a copy of the book and it so inspired me, that I organized the MANGO DAYS 5K to honor Patty, her writing and to elevate awareness of the need for a cure for cancer. The race is now in it's fifth year under new leadership and Patty will live on through her continued inspiration of others. Buy the book, read it and pass it on to others. -Neil Voje

My name is Patty Smith, the author of “The Children’s Hour” and “The Big Hungry Hairy Green Monster.” I am very excited to introduce my new unique children's book” The Children's Hour of Holidays." This spectacular children’s book, features three exciting stories, filled with thirty-two colorful Illustrations of all your favorite holidays. From witches flying on broomsticks to goblins in the night, it brings the magic of Christmas home, leaving you with sugarplums dancing in your head. So Rudolph with your nose so bright, it’s time to guide the sleigh tonight. Share in all the holiday magic and excitement with your children from Christmas to Thanksgiving, with many more holidays of fun. Enjoy with your children a birthday party or the colorful 4th of July. Hunt for the colored Easter eggs or capture a fun glimpse of the Beautiful Pink Fury Monster, with her three little tots on Mother’s Day. All of these exciting colorful images of all your favorite holidays, will not only capture the attention of your children, but will leave them begging for more. “The Children’s Hour of Holidays,” is also geared to children of different races and helps aid children with special needs, with easy reading. I recommend this book for young readers, kindergarten level and up. Now don’t forget to take a peek at “The Children’s Hour” and “The Big Hungry Hairy Green Monster,” also available at Amazon in paperback and on Kindle.

I am excited to introduce my 3 colorful adventures of, "The Big Hungry Hairy Green Monster." After he escapes out of his dungeon, he begins to eat everything in sight, only later to venture out and lose his way home. In a white castle that sparked in the night, is where The Big Hungry Monster meets, and falls in love with the Beautiful Pink Monster. Taken in by his big round purple eyes, she fluttered her long eyelashes back at him and they lived happily ever after. These 31 pages filled with many colorful and exciting illustrations, will capture the attention of young readers, three years to young adults.