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The National Book Award–winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process

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“Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable sitting and thought-provoking enough to deserve re-reading. . . . It’s a privilege to spend any time with Patti Smith, however brief.”—Suzi Feay, Financial Times

“A triptych of compact, heartfelt essays on discovery, solitude and writing.”—Darragh McManus, Irish Independent

“By turns allegorical, metaphysical, fictional and factual, Devotion shows rather than tells what it means to give a life to writing. A master of poetic innovation, Smith takes her style to the next level in this slim volume.”—Katherine Cooper, Hyperallergic

Devotion

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    A Hardback by Patti Smith

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 19 September 2017
      ISBN-13 9780300218626
      978-0300218626
      ISBN-10 0300218621
      Also in:
      Biography Autobiography: writers ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: general Politics, Philosophy & Society Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The National Book Award–winning author of Year of the Monkey, Just Kids, and M Train offers a rare, intimate account of her own creative process

      Trade Review
      “Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable sitting and thought-provoking enough to deserve re-reading. . . . It’s a privilege to spend any time with Patti Smith, however brief.”—Suzi Feay, Financial Times

      “A triptych of compact, heartfelt essays on discovery, solitude and writing.”—Darragh McManus, Irish Independent

      “By turns allegorical, metaphysical, fictional and factual, Devotion shows rather than tells what it means to give a life to writing. A master of poetic innovation, Smith takes her style to the next level in this slim volume.”—Katherine Cooper, Hyperallergic

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