Patti Smith

Take music away from a musician and what have you got left? In the examples below, you got a slew of pleasure, a raft of great stories, and a lot of insight about music works.

In her latest memoir, the music legend takes the reader into her confidence while she tells of journeys and pilgrimages, some short, some lengthy, all magical.

The French award Dylan the Légion d’honneur, then place him under investigation for hate speech. Have they not been listening to what he’s sung about for half a century?

Disallowing same-sex marriage. Bullying. Depression. In order to become a freer society, America must embrace the feminine, writes singer Alanis Morissette.

In a year of misbehaving stars and angry politicians, a few fantastic women have made us swoon. From the elegant Kate Middleton to the gorgeous Emma Watson and the fearless Stacy Schiff, see our favorites.

At the National Book Awards, The Daily Beast and St. John’ hosted an afterparty where the glamorous, bookish set danced late into the night. Brian Ries reports from the scene.

As the author of a new memoir, And the Heart Says Whatever, Emily Gould picks her favorites of the genre, many of which you’ve probably never heard of.