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Presents a series of poems and prose selections about the life and AIDS-related death of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Patti
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., Ã2012.
Subjects:	Mapplethorpe, Robert > Poetry. Poetry.
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Summary:	Presents a series of poems and prose selections about the life and AIDS-related death of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Physical Description:	93 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
ISBN:	9780393341355 0393341356
Author Notes:	Patti Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 30, 1946. She is a singer-songwriter, writer and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary mergence of poetry and rock. Her album Horses has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time. She has recorded twelve albums. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has written several books including Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, Auguries of Innocence, M Train, and Just Kids, which won the Nonfiction category of the National Book Award in 2010. Her drawings, photographs, and installations have been shown at numerous venues including the Andy Warhol Museum and the Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. In 2005, she was awarded the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, which is the highest honor awarded to an artist by the French Republic. (Bowker Author Biography)