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World Book Night: Millions Of Books To Be Donated Around World!

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 04.23.2012

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NEW YORK -- You won't need to visit a store or library Monday night to see a book change hands or receive a free copy yourself. Thousands of towns ...

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Just Friends: Famous Author Duos Who Kept It Clean

| Posted 04.16.2012

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By Nathan Rostron for Bookish: From “When Harry Met Sally” to “Friends with Kids,” we’ve been told that men and women can be friends at f...

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Patti Smith Muses On Childhood And Art In Miami

Posted 03.06.2012

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Miami is no doubt still a bit high on love for Patti Smith. The rock-n-roll poetess appeared at the 2010 Miami International Book Fair just days after...

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Patti Smith Turns 65!

Posted 12.30.2011

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Patti Smith may be turning 65 on December 30, but for someone who spent nearly two decades of a 35-year career in music in retirement, she seems to be...

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The Best-Selling Books In Southern California

Posted 12.18.2011

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The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association has released the bestselling books at local, independent bookstores for the sales week end...

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Rock And Roll Revisited

Posted 10.15.2011

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Chances are if you have a love of old New York, an obsession with rock & roll and dreams of being famous you've already read Patti Smith's memoir "Jus...

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Classic Celebrity Memoirs And Their Contemporary Counterparts

flavorwire.com | Posted 09.11.2011

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"Everybody needs his memories," Saul Bellow once wrote. "They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door." These days, the same can be true of fame...

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Literary Love Letters To NYC

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.01.2011

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From time to time, we all second-guess why we live in New York — especially in the wake of a pleasant holiday weekend away. It’s crowded, expensiv...

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Patti Smith Serenades Sotheby's

Mihal Freinquel | Posted 07.18.2011

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Last night, 70s rock 'n' roll legend Patti Smith performed at Sotheby's in NYC and I was there to witness the glory firsthand. Accompanied by guit...

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Huffpost Reporters' Picks: What They're Reading And Loving Now (PHOTOS)

Posted 07.17.2011

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It's a wild and varied staff at Huffington Post and the reporters are avid readers. They've got favorites they're in the middle of reading and we thou...

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New York, I Love You: 10 Favorite Books About The Big Apple

Rob Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Silverman

I first moved to New York City in 1996, and I have no need or desire to live anywhere else in the world. After living in New York City for over half o...

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Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe: Brainiac Amours in Just Kids

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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Holly Cara Price

Only two pages in and I'm choked with sobs as I read how Patti Smith listened to her soul mate's breathing on the phone as he struggled in the hospita...

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Lisa Lowell's Beautiful Behavior

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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Holly Cara Price

Most of us know Lisa Lowell from her backing vocals with various artists, perhaps most famously as a member of Bruce Springsteen's Sessions Band in 20...

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WATCH: 'I Like My Award'

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Colbert told Patti Smith last night on his show: "Some have said you're the mother of the punk rock world. That must be a difficult family to ...

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Patti Smith's 'Just Kids' Won The National Book Award

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patti Smith was a National Book Award Winner for 2010. Everybody loved her acceptance speech, but does everybody love the book? Opinions in favor seem...

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Book Review Roundup

Posted 05.25.2011

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In case you missed any book reviews this weekend, here's your weekly book review roundup: "The Routes of Man," Ted Conover The New York Times Conove...

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Patti Smith In Chicago: Music Legend Discusses Her New Book, Robert Mapplethorpe

HuffPost Eyes&Ears Local | Marilyn Soltis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago native and "grandmother of punk rock" Patti Smith spoke at the Harold Washington Library Sunday about her new book "Just Kids," a memoir of he...

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