Patti Smith, Survivor

PENELOPE GREEN, New York Times: Books
Sat, 10/03/2015 - 3:00am

In her new memoir, “M Train,” the punk elder makes peace with her ghosts and finds solace in a century-old bungalow in the Rockaways.

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