A sadness is evident in this collection of Patti Smiths' earlier works. Patti Smith whose name is synonomous with rock and roll and the New York underground, brings us her voice of the generation. Patti Smith pegs the time period perfectly when she states "We were as dangerous as children racing across a mine field." These poems & short essays capture Smiths unique ability to blend humor with darkness. She has poems in this collection in ode to everyone and everthing from Amelia Earhart to Rock and Roll. This book is your Tardis back to a time when America was looking for something more beyond the glitter and glam of the Disco age. She was at the birth of a time when substance was determined to ingest style.