Woolgathering (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780811219440)

A great book about becoming an artist, Woolgathering tells of a youngster finding herself as she learns the noble vocation of woolgathering, "a worthy calling that seemed a good job for me." She discovers--often at night, often in nature--the pleasures of rescuing "a fleeting thought." Deeply moving, Wool- gathering calls up our own memories, as the child "glimpses and gleans, piecing together a crazy quilt of truths." Smith introduces us to her tribe, "a race of cloud dwellers," and to the fierce, vital pleasures of cloud watching and stargazing and wandering.

A radiant new autobiographical piece, "Two Worlds" (which was not in the original 1992 Hanuman edition of Woolgathering), and the author's photographs and illustrations are also included. Woolgathering celebrates the sacred nature of creation with Smith's beautiful style, acclaimed as "glorious" (NPR), "spellbinding" (Booklist), "rare and ferocious" (Salon), and "shockingly beautiful" (New York Magazine).

Author: Patti Smith
ISBN-10: 0811219445
ISBN-13: 9780811219440
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2011
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.41h x 5.19w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2011 pg. 17
Publishers Weekly 10/24/2011
New York Review of Books 02/09/2012 pg. 16