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Episode 2

Patti Smith reads from her new memoir of her life in New York in the late 1960s and 1970s.

In 1967, Patti is hungry, homeless and penniless, until a chance encounter in a bookstore changes her life for ever.

Abridged by Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 18 Feb 2015 00:45

Broadcasts

  • Tue 2 Mar 2010 09:45
  • Wed 3 Mar 2010 00:30
  • Tue 17 Feb 2015 14:45
  • Wed 18 Feb 2015 00:45

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