ContactMusic — Punk icon Patti Smith once tipped on/off lovers Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson to play herself and tragic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in... more info

411 Mania — When they were younger... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Among the pleas and invectives, yowls and barks coming from Patti Smith on stage at the Wiltern on Friday, the bellowed cries of “free money!” “Gloria!” and “Pussy Riot!”; the Sylvia Plath dedication and the yarn about Jimmy Iovine, Bruce... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At the Globe and Mail, Francine Prose reviews the new Alice Munro short story collection, Dear Life. Alice Munro has always been the poet of the unexpected passion that comes seemingly out nowhere and changes a character's life. She understands... more info

Prefix — Patti Smith paid Kristen Stewart a high compliment during an interview with EW. The singer discussed ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/patti-smith-would-cast-kristen-stewart-to-play-her/70544/ more info

CNN Showbiz — Is singer-writer and early punk inspiration Patti Smith a fan of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson? more info

Mercury News, California — Now that she's mastered rock 'n' roll, could Smith's next career be as president? more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Pete Townshend, Duran Duran's John Taylor, Cyndi Lauper and Gossip's Beth Ditto are among the rockers who've recently written books.Neil Young isn't the only rocker vying for readers this fall. Inspired, no doubt, by the critical and commercial succe... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Let’s take a trip to the Bowery, shall we? By the time the Feelies emerged in late 1976, CBGB was already well established as the epicenter of the era’s cutting-edge rock music scene: the reputations of Patti Smith, Television, Talking Heads, a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Indecent make music that is aggressive, subtle, poetic, noisy, and quite often all these things at once. Influenced by Patti Smith, the Gits, the Velvet Underground, Barrett’s Floyd, and many Seattle-type things, the Indecent are Emily Brout (... more info