Patti Smith covers intimate aspects of her childhood and marriage in her new memoir, "Bread of Angels." (Charles Steiner / Highway 67 via Getty Images) It’s a rare gray Saturday in Los Angeles; ...

This is FRESH AIR. Patti Smith, known as the grandmother of punk, has received several honors, including an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the French Legion of Honor. But for our book ...

Dua Lipa admires her writing. Taylor Swift referenced her in her track The Tortured Poets Department, singing: "You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith". Fifty years after Smith released her ...

From cradle to late life, the godmother of punk remembers it all — including, especially, her life with the late Fred “Sonic” Smith. By David Hajdu David Hajdu is a critic, a songwriter and a ...

Even from the back, Patti Smith was unmistakably Patti Smith. Standing on a downtown-Manhattan sidewalk on a late-summer afternoon, she wore loose jeans rolled at the cuff, white high-tops, a black ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Patti Smith is now considered one of the wise women of rock 'n' roll, an eloquent chronicler of her life in music and in a series of acclaimed memoirs. But 50 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patti Smith covers intimate aspects of her childhood and marriage in her new memoir, "Bread of Angels." (Charles Steiner / Highway ...