Auguries Of Innocence - Softcover

Smith, Patti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844083411 ISBN 13: 9781844083411

Publisher: Virago, 2006

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. Smith curated the Meltdown Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England during June 2005 - one of the most successful Meltdown Festivals ever held, with virtually every event sold out. The performers included Tilda Swinton, Miranda Richardson, London Sinfonietta, and Tuvan throat-singing group and Patti Smith singing her debut album Horses (album) in its entirety, the first time she has ever done so. This live performance was released as Horses Horses.

About this title

Review:

Romantic and renegade, Smith moves from anger to empathy, reminding us that there is healing in outcry, solace in language, catharsis in expression. As always, Smith leads us to the sorrowing depths, then dances us back into the light (Booklist)

Conveys what can only be called Smith's mystique... the book as whole effectively transmits the affect and aura, as well as the innocence, that make her a rock star: one believes in her (Publishers Weekly)

Book Description:

* From the poet, artist and rock music legend comes her first collection of poems since 1979. Patti Smith is one of the most influential and important artists in rock history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Virago
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1844083411
• ISBN 13: 9781844083411
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80