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Barbara Adair’s unconventional journey
More than a chronicle of Namibia, Barbara Adair’s book experiments with language and structure
Patti Smith: The accidental rocker who woke the world
She was the angry, androgynous runaway who got chatted up by Ginsberg and had an affair with Mapplethorpe. At 66, Smith shows no sign of mellowing.
Renaissance woman of punks
Patti Smith’s memoir, <em>Just Kids</em>, captures all the elements that made 1970s New York so exciting.
Hilly Kristal, founder of NY punk mecca CBGB, dies
Hilly Kristal, the founder of New York punk rock club CBGB, which helped make the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads stars, has died at age 75, his daughter said on Wednesday.…