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Bread of Angels A Memoir

Patti Smith

NEW YORK TIMES “God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper,” writes Patti Smith in this moving account of her life. A post–World War II childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex where we enter the child’s world of the imagination. Smith, the captain of her loyal and beloved sibling army,...

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

The host mentioned that Bread of Angels is a recent memoir by Patti Smith, listed among the four titles she released after MTrain.

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She followed it up with four more titles, including the recent Bread of Angels, another memoir.

— Episode: MFM Presents… Disgraceland

Episode: MFM Presents… Disgraceland

The host mentioned that Bread of Angels is a recent memoir by Patti Smith, listed among the four titles she released after MTrain.

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She followed it up with four more titles, including the recent Bread of Angels, another memoir.

The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

This is Patti Smith's newer memoir, which spans a much wider and more personal range of her life compared to 'Just Kids.' The speaker loved this book as well.

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Smith's life's book is Bread of Angels, which, like Just Kids, is a memoir, but spans a much wider range of her life. And it's much more personal in a way, much more experiential.

— Episode: Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts...

Episode: Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever

This is Patti Smith's newer memoir, which spans a much wider and more personal range of her life compared to 'Just Kids.' The speaker loved this book as well.

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Smith's life's book is Bread of Angels, which, like Just Kids, is a memoir, but spans a much wider range of her life. And it's much more personal in a way, much more experiential.

We waged the fever of disappointment, the realization that yesterday's crumbling tower was not a fantasy, that like the Prince of Aquitaine, one is hurled and drawn like a human tarot card.

Fresh Air

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Fresh Air

The hosts referenced the title as Patti Smith's newest memoir, noting its release while discussing her earlier work and recent activities such as touring and a Substack newsletter. Both episodes simply mentioned the book in passing without detailed analysis or endorsement.

Episode: Best Of: Judd Apatow / Misty Copeland

The host mentioned that Patti Smith has a new memoir titled Bread of Angels, linking it to the discussion of her earlier work.

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She has a new memoir called Bread of Angels.

Episode: Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Turns 50

The memoir was described as Patti Smith's newest book, highlighted while discussing her current activities and the reissue of her debut album.

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These days, Patti Smith is still touring. She has a substack newsletter to chronicle her dreamiest thoughts and has a new memoir called Bread of Angels.

She also has a new memoir titled Bread of Angels coming up.

Episode: Trump's Options To Subvert The 2026 Midterms

The new memoir was presented as both a sequel and a prequel to Just Kids, offering intimate updates about Smith's adoption story, paternity mystery, and sexual identity.

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Bread of Angels is both a sequel and a prequel to Just Kids.

For instance, in Bread of Angels, Smith shares an update about the daughter she placed for adoption when she was 20, and reveals a mystery concerning her own paternity.

Episode: Best Of: Michael Shannon / ‘Pluribus’ Star Rhea Se...

Maureen Corrigan noted it as Patti Smith's latest memoir, expanding on her 2010 memoir and delving into intimate material such as paternity secrets and her marriage to Fred Sonic Smith.

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Patty Smith's latest memoir, Bread of Angels, expands upon her 2010 memoir that's since become a classic. Smith delves into more intimate material here, like the secret of her paternity, her sense of her own sexuality, and her 14year marriage to the late musician Fred Sonic Smith.

Episode: Homelessness In The New Gilded Age

Smith's 2010 memoir was noted for its intimate exploration of personal history, including paternity, sexuality, and marriage.

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Patti Smith's latest memoir Bread of Angels expands upon her 2010 memoir that's since become a classic, delving into more intimate material like the secret of her paternity, her sense of her own sexuality and her 14year marriage to the late musician Fred Sonic Smith.

Episode: Best Of: Michael Shannon / ‘Pluribus’ Star Rhea Se...

Maureen Corrigan described Patti Smith's memoir Bread of Angels as a classic that expands on her earlier 2010 memoir, delving into intimate material such as paternity and sexuality.

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Her latest memoir, Bread of Angels, expands upon her 2010 memoir that's since become a classic. Smith delves into more intimate material here, like the secret of her paternity, her sense of her own sexuality, and her 14year marriage to the late musician Fred Sonic Smith.

Episode: Homelessness In The New Gilded Age

Corrigan referred to Patti Smith's 2010 memoir as a classic that delves into her paternity, sexuality and long marriage to Fred Sonic Smith, noting its intimate material.

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Patti Smith's memoir Bread of Angels expands upon her 2010 memoir that's since become a classic, delving into the secret of her paternity, her sense of her own sexuality and her 14 year marriage to the late musician Fred Sonic Smith.

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