The Coral Sea (book)

This article is about the poem by Patti Smith. For the album, see The Coral Sea (album).

The Coral Sea
Author(s)	Patti Smith
Cover artist	Robert Mapplethorpe
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Prose poetry
Publisher	Norton & Company
Publication date	May 1996
Media type	Hardcover, Paperback
Pages	72
ISBN	9780393039085
OCLC Number	33009444
Dewey Decimal	811/.54 20
LC Classification	PS3569.M53787 C67 1996

The Coral Sea is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1996. In 2008 Smith released The Coral Sea as an album with musical accompaniment by Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, recorded during two live performances of the duo.

Contents

Voyage

1. "The Passenger M"
2. "The Throw"
3. "Light Play"
4. "Rank and File"
5. "Music (A Woman)"
6. "Staff of Life"
7. "After Thoughts"
8. "An Auctioned Heart"
9. "A Bed of Roses"
10. "Monkeyshines"
11. "The Herculean Moth"
12. "The Solomon Islands"
13. "The Pedestal"

Litany

1. "Crux"
2. "Magua"
3. "Imago"

External links

• The Coral Sea at W. W. Norton & Company
• The Coral Sea at Google Books
• Live album with Kevin Shields