Patti Smith Memoir Wins National Book Award

The book recounts her life growing up in New York in the '60s. According to Bloomberg.com, she said, "When I was a clerk at Scribner's bookstore, I always dreamed of writing a book of my own. When I had to unpack the winners of the National Book Awards and put them on the shelf, I used to wonder what it would feel like to win one."

Smith received a $10,000 prize and spoke in defense of books at a time of new technology threatening the book industry. She said, "There is nothing more beautiful than the book, the paper, the font, the cloth." - more on this story

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