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Published:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Physical Desc:
253 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: a “sublime collection of true stories … and wild imaginings that take us to the very heart of who Patti Smith is” (Vanity Fair), told through the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. Patti Smith calls this bestselling work “a roadmap to my life.”
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, we travel to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul in Mexico; to the fertile moon terrain of Iceland; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York’s Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; to the West 4th Street subway station, filled with the sounds of the Velvet Underground after the death of Lou Reed; 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.

Featuring a postscript with five new photos from Patti Smith
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BIOGRAPHY Smith, P. 2015
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781101875100, 1101875100
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APA Citation (style guide)

Smith, P. (2015). M train. First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Smith, Patti. 2015. M Train. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Smith, Patti, M Train. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

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Smith, Patti. M Train. First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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