[Mapplethorpe, Robert. (1946-1989)] [Bidart, Frank. (b. 1939)]Smith, Patti. (b. 1946).
[Mapplethorpe, Robert. (1946-1989)] [Bidart, Frank. (b. 1939)]Smith, Patti. (b. 1946) Early Work 1970-1979 - THE COPY OF FRANK BIDART
New York/LondonW. W. Norton & Co. 1994
Softcover. 8vo. 177 pp. With the ownership signature to the half title of the important American poet Frank Bidart, who received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award, and the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry for his book Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016. Bidart has also marked one passage in black ink: In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. / In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. In fine condition, an interesting association copy.
"All of the works gathered for this volume were written in the seventies", writes Smith, a time "which we assaulted - blurring and expanding the perimeters of love, consciousness and remorse" (preface). Many of the works appear here for the first time, including previously unpublished pieces from journals, performances, and Smith's personal papers. Illustrated with photographs by Judy Linn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Edward Maxey, and others.
American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses . Called the "Godmother of Punk", her work was a fusion of rock and poetry. In 2005, Patti Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and in 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, she won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids .
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