M train
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
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253 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Roanoke Public Library - Biographies
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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M Train is a journey through eighteen "stations." It 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. We then travel across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations: from Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul in Mexico, to a meeting of an Arctic explorer's society in Berlin; from the ramshackle seaside bungalow in New York's Far Rockaway that Smith buys just before Hurricane Sandy hits, to the graves of Genet, Plath, Rimbaud, and Mishima. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation, alongside signature memories including her life in Michigan with her husband, guitarist Fred Sonic Smith, whose untimely death was an irremediable loss. For it is loss, as well as the consolation we might salvage from it, that lies at the heart of this memoir, augmented by black-and-white Polaroids taken by Smith herself.
Awards
New York Times Best Sellers, 2015.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Smith, P. (2015). M train (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Smith, Patti. 2015. M Train. Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Smith, Patti. M Train Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Smith, Patti. M Train First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

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