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Podcast: New Books in Biography & Memoir
Episode: Caryn Rose, "Why Patti Smith Matters" (U of Texas Press, 2022)
Description: Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she foundāwhat she fosteredāwas a cultural revolution. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fronting a rock band, she kicked open a door that countless others walked through. No other musician has better embodied the ānothing-to-hideā rawness of punk, nor has any other done more to nurture a place in society for misfits of every stripe.Why Patti Smith MattersĀ (University of Texas Press, 2022)Ā is the fir...