Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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October 19, 2017

Patti Smith, Writing on Euclid Avenue

By Laura Maylene Walter

Tuesday, October 17 was a beautiful day in Cleveland. I worked all day downtown, but I managed to slip out for an afternoon walk. I headed north, strolling around the […]

September 7, 2013

Banga! Banga! Banga!

By Cody Walker

Patti Smith plays tonight at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre. I’ll be there, touching base with my three-decades-ago self, that self that used to sing along (badly) to cassette tapes of Horses […]