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Sunday, 4 September 2022

Punk rock and feminist as fuck

Book cover of "Why Patti Smith Matters". It's blue with a large capital P prominent and if you look carefully you can see a photo of Patti Smith behind it.

Book review: Why Patti Smith Matters by Caryn Rose

This is one of those books that when you’ve finished you think to yourself “I’m GLAD I read that.”

And not just because I agree with the title. To the extent that I wrote a blog post with the same title many years ago. 

It’s because, I think, it’s life affirming to hear from someone who really loves the artist they are writing about, and makes you feel the same about them. And at the same time, someone who has the skill to go above and beyond fangirl stuff.