The Coral Sea (book)

{{short description|Book by Patti Smith}}

{{About|the poem by Patti Smith|the album|The Coral Sea (album)}}

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{{Infobox book

| name = The Coral Sea

| image = The Coral Sea - Patti Smith.jpg

| author = Patti Smith

| cover_artist = Robert Mapplethorpe

| country = United States

| language = English

| genre = Prose poetry

| publisher = Norton & Company

| pub_date = May 1996

| media_type = Hardcover, Paperback

| pages = 72

| isbn = 978-0-393-03908-5

| dewey= 811/.54 20

| congress= PS3569.M53787 C67 1996

| oclc= 33009444

}}

The Coral Sea is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/info/books.htm |title=Patti Smith -- Bibliography |accessdate=2008-03-19}} 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.