Patti Smith's biggest single boosted her to mainstream success, but it was originally a Bruce Springsteen tune that he couldn't figure out.

Patti then decided to focus on her family, founded with former MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith. For fifteen years, she released only one album, before reforming her group in 1988 and offering a ...

Here, too, are singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature ...