Patti Smith has announced a new memoir, Bread of Angels, for release on 4 November via publisher Random House.

Filling in some of the gaps of her story not fully explored in her previous memoirs – 2010's award-winning Just Kids, 2015's M Train, and 2019's Year of the Monkey – the book will reportedly touch on her childhood growing up in working-class Philadelphia and South Jersey, as well as her life as a wife and mother.

The release date is particularly meaningful for Smith, as it is both the birthday of her great friend Robert Mapplethorpe (the subject of Just Kids) and the death of her beloved husband, Fred 'Sonic' Smith of MC5.

A synopsis for the 272-page book provided by Random House describes it as "radiant" and "the most intimate" of her memoirs:

In a statement of her own, Smith says it took her a decade to write the book, "grappling with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime," adding "I'm hoping that people will find something they need."

It's an incredibly busy year for Smith, as her Correspondences sound-poetry project with Soundwalk Collective heads to Asia for the first time, opening at the Piknic gallery in Seoul, South Korea, this coming Saturday (19 April), and at the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo the following weekend (26 April). While in Japan, Smith will also perform with Soundwalk Collective in Kyoto and Tokyo.

Listen to Smith's most recent release with Soundwalk Collective below:

Later this year, she'll be touring her legendary debut album Horses, in hour of the 50th anniversary of its release. Full list of dates below, although many have long sold out:

07/01 Mainz, DE @ Zitadelle Mainz
07/02 Stuttgart, DE @ Bürger Freilichtbühne Killesberg
07/07 Venice, IT @ Piazza San Marco
07/09 Hamburg, DE @ Stadtpark
07/11 Berlin, DE @ Zitadelle Spandau
07/14 Munich, DE @ Tollwood Sommerfestival
07/15 Kulmbach, DE @ Schloss Plassenburg
07/17 Dresden, DE @ Freilichtbühne Großer Garten
07/19 Prague, CZ @ Forum Karlín
07/22 Zürich, CH @ X-TRA
07/25 Cologne, DE @ Roncalliplatz
09/15 Rome, IT @ Auditorium Parco della Musica
10/06 Dublin, IE @ 3Arena
10/08 Madrid, ES @ Teatro Real
10/10 Bergamo, IT @ Chorus Life Arena
10/12 London, UK @ The Palladium
10/13 London, UK @ The Palladium
10/15 Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royale
10/16 Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royale
10/18 Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
10/20 Paris, FR @ The Olympia
10/21 Paris, FR @ The Olympia
11/10 Seattle, WA @ The Paramount Theatre
11/12 Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theatre
11/13 San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
11/15 Los Angeles, CA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
11/17 Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
11/18 Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre
11/21 New York City, NY @ The Beacon
11/22 New York City, NY @ The Beacon
11/24 Boston, MA @ The Orpheum Theatre
11/28 Washington, D.C. @ The Anthem
11/29 Philadelphia, PA @ The Met

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