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Highlights
- Auguries of Innocence is the first book of poetry from Patti Smith in more than a decade.
- Author(s): Patti Smith
- 80 Pages
- Poetry, American
Description
About the Book
This new collection of verse from one of "rock's original poets" (New York Times) effectively transmits the effect and aura, as well as the innocence, that make Smith a rock star.Book Synopsis
Auguries of Innocence is the first book of poetry from Patti Smith in more than a decade. It marks a major accomplishment from a poet and performer who has inscribed her vision of our world in powerful anthems, ballads, and lyrics. In this intimate and searing collection of poems, Smith joins in that great tradition of troubadours, journeymen, wordsmiths, and artists who respond to the world around them in fresh and original language. Her influences are eclectic and striking: Blake, Rimbaud, Picasso, Arbus, and Johnny Appleseed. Smith is an American original; her poems are oracles for our times.
Review Quotes
"[A] hidden jewel...Among her best." -- Library Journal
"The incendiary rock star mellows." -- The Oregonian (Portland)
"30 years after Horses, Smith's light is still burning bright." -- San Francisco Chronicle