Patti Smith’s ‘Horses,’ Susan Choi and a police poet

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

PRX

Arts

4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Kurt Andersen talks with Susan Choi, whose engrossing new novel about on- and offstage drama at a performance arts high school is called “Trust Exercise.” How Edward Doyle-Gillespie ended up writing poetry about being a Baltimore cop. And This Woman’s Work, our new series in collaboration with Classic Album Sundays that highlights classic albums by female artists, kicks off with Patti Smith’s groundbreaking first album, “Horses.”

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0:00.0	from PRX.
0:05.7	Today on Studio 360, the opening line is just one of the most powerful pieces of rock and roll.
0:13.0	Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.
0:18.8	The album that fused rock and poetry
0:21.1	and embody the new spirit of American punk.
0:24.5	This is a statement of artistic purpose
0:27.3	that you are going to be in control
0:29.2	of your art and your sense of persona.
0:33.4	Patty Smith's groundbreaking debut album, Horses,
0:37.5	plus... I think no matter what... Patty Smith's groundbreaking debut album Horses. Plus...
0:38.3	I think no matter what sort of a 15 you had, that moment of life is a really, really intense and powerful and defining one.
0:49.8	Susan Choi's riveting new novel captures the angst and the enduring mistakes of high school.
0:56.0	None of us realize when we're going through that time of life, how intense it is.
0:59.6	That and more is ahead on Studio 360 right after this.
1:08.3	This is Studio 360. I'm Kurt Anandis.
1:10.8	And I'm sitting on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
1:13.2	This first level of garden. This is Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden. I like to have the roasted chicken piece. Very well done.
1:19.2	Editing is all about timing. I try to get a little bit away from the actual subject.
1:23.5	You must get sick of your own voice, right?
1:25.9	Studio 360.
1:28.9	With Kurt Anderson.
1:35.0	I'm a longtime fan of Susan Choi.
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