Devotion (Why I Write)

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By turns allegorical, metaphysical, fictional and factual, Devotion shows rather than tells what it means to give a life to writing. A master of poetic innovation, Smith takes her style to the next level in this slim volume."--Katherine Cooper, Hyperallergic After she discusses her time in Paris, we transition into this section that is fictional. Books and artifacts of art (like film and music) are what triggers Patti’s writing process and she writers every day, so we delve straight into this aspect via the fictional narratives. It’s like we’re following her mind and it works, which, in a way, makes sense because this is how she actually writes. Pompeo, Joe (August 21, 2008). "Jessica Lange and Patti Smith Team Up". The Observer. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011 . Retrieved May 11, 2011. Carson, Tom (January 29, 2010). "The Night Belongs to Us". The New York Times . Retrieved February 10, 2010.

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In March 2003, ten days after Rachel Corrie's death, Smith appeared in Austin, Texas and performed an anti-war concert. She subsequently wrote "Peaceable Kingdom", a song which was inspired by and is dedicated to Corrie. [109] In 2009, in her Meltdown concert in Festival Hall, she paid homage to the Iranians taking part in post-election protests by saying "Where is My Vote?" in a version of the song "People Have the Power". [110] This is what is so astonishing about [Smith’s] career and what motivates Devotion—the way that, as she has gotten older, Smith’s vision has expanded, framing her self-awareness not as self-absorption but rather a deep dive into everything, the exhilaration and the terror and the transcendence that we all share.”—David Ulin, Barnes & Noble Review Petrusich, Amanda (December 10, 2016). "A Transcendent Patti Smith Accepts Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize". The New Yorker.

In Devotion, [Smith] starkly shares and uncovers, through a spare, haunting prose, the reasons she is compelled to write; so evocative is Smith’s writing that we’re compelled to read it as her voices transfixes us with its bell-like clarity and ringing passion.”—Henry Carrigan, No Depression: The Journal of Roots Music In 2010, Smith had a brief cameo in Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme, which was first screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. [49]

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An enchanting peek into the mysterious ways of creativity, as Smith immerses in her beloved French literary classics and cites the everyday encounters that can spark inspiration."--Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press Smith, Patti (December 14, 2016). "How does it feel". The New Yorker . Retrieved December 15, 2016. Goddard, Simon (May 1, 2006). The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life (3rded.). Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 1-905287-14-3 . Retrieved April 8, 2014. Patti Smith". Polar Music Prize. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014 . Retrieved September 6, 2017.

Of her effort to write about writing, we might say that Smith ends up saying what a lot of writers who write about writing might say: that it is a calling, that it is done out of necessity, that it aims to improve the world, that it aims to show the best of its author, that it’s hard, that it’s joyous, that it’s under the influence of everything in the author’s life, and that it’s an influence on everything in the author’s life. Stipe, Michael (1998). Two Times Intro: On the Road With Patti Smith. Little Brown & Co. ISBN 978-0-316-81572-7.