![]() ![]() It’s much more internal and contemplative we move through the chapters, referred to as “stations,” with Smith’s mind as the train. M Train is written in the same spirit, but is, at it’s core, a very different book. Because Smith guides us on such a vivid journey, the emotional ups-and-downs of their daily lives as artists wind up being the most important parts of the story, not the stardom we know they accomplish. We feel the relationship between Smith and her dear friend Robert Mapplethorpe-and their budding relationships with their own art-on the page. Part of what makes Just Kids so universally beloved is that it doesn’t require any kind of deep, obsessive knowledge of Smith’s work to be enjoyed. M Train is Smith’s first book since her 2010 memoir, Just Kids, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. But she spends the book trying to explore and deal with the intangible parts of the world: love, loss, and loneliness. She never does refute his idea completely-in fact her frequent bouts of writer’s block all but support it. The sentiment comes to Smith in a dream, spoken by a recurring cowpoke. “It’s not so easy writing about nothing.” This is how we enter M Train, the new memoir from writer, poet, and accomplished punk singer Patti Smith. ![]()
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