What to Read When You Want to Learn about Art
Gabrielle Selz shares a reading list to celebrate LIGHT ON FIRE.
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Join NOW!Gabrielle Selz shares a reading list to celebrate LIGHT ON FIRE.
...moreLilly Dancyger discusses her debut essay collection, NEGATIVE SPACE.
...moreMandy Len Catron discusses How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays, what makes for a thoughtful love story, and the politics of love.
...moreHave you heard the good news? Singer-songwriter Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids, about her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, is going to be made into a mini-series. The Guardian reported that Smith will co-write the show with John Logan (who created Penny Dreadful for Showtime). “The medium of a television limited series offers narrative freedom and […]
...moreAfter winning the National Book Award for her memoir, Just Kids, Patti Smith is venturing into new artistic territory. She is set to work with Tony award-winning playwright, John Logan, to adapt her memoir into a film. As per her successful accomplishments as a musician, writer and visual artist, her cinematic undertaking will most certainly […]
...moreCome catch up! Highlights from this week in Rumpus books are below the fold.
...morePatti Smith’s memoir of her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe chronicles two “mutinous spirits” in the chaos of 1970s New York.
...moreWith the release of her new memoir, Just Kids, which documents her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, punk rock idol Patti Smith has events lined up in and around New York City. Events include readings and musical performances in support of her book and a new PBS documentary, Patti Smith: Dream of Life, about her life […]
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