M train
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Physical Desc
253 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 21 cm
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction
782.42166 S656
1 available
782.42166 S656
1 available
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
782.42166 S656
1 available
782.42166 S656
1 available
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction
782.42166 S656
1 available
782.42166 S656
1 available
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San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Nonfiction | 782.42166 S656 | On Shelf | |
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | 782.42166 S656 | On Shelf | |
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction | 782.42166 S656 | On Shelf | |
Atascadero Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | 782.42166 S656 | Checked Out | April 27, 2024 |
Cayucos Library - Adult Nonfiction | 782.42166 S656 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Format
Book
Language
English
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"M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlos Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorers society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside bungalow in New Yorks Far Rockaway that Smith acquires just before Hurricane Sandy hits; and to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writers craft and on artistic creation. Here, too, are singular memories of Smiths life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today."--Amazon.com.
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