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Just Kids
Paperback, 288 pages, Harpercollins, List Price: $16 | purchase
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Book Summary
Artist and musician Patti Smith recounts her romance, lifetime friendship and shared love of art with Robert Mapplethorpe in an illustrated memoir, with a colorful cast of characters including Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol and William Burroughs.
Awards and Recognition
National Book Award (2010)
76 weeks on NPR Paperback Nonfiction Bestseller List
Genres:
This book is about:
- Musicians,
- Women poets,
- Photographers,
- Women rock musicians,
- Mapplethorpe, Robert,
- Smith, Patti,
- Poets, American,
- New York,
- New York (State),
- 20th century,
- Biography,
- Artists,
- United States
NPR stories about Just Kids
Best Books Of 2010
Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2010
December 9, 2010 Fresh Air's resident book critic selects her favorite reads from the year, including Patti Smith's moving memoir, a feminist slant on election season and a new history of labor unions.
New In Paperback
New In Paperback: Nov. 1-7
November 3, 2010 Veteran short-story writer Alice Munro and novelist Elizabeth Kostova contemplate lovers and losers, while international human rights activist Greg Mortenson, comedian George Carlin, and musician and avant-garde icon Patti Smith reflect on their lives in new memoirs.
Author Interviews
Patti Smith And Robert Mapplethorpe: Kindred Spirits
October 29, 2010 Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids, just nominated for a National Book Award, describes her path of artistic self discovery and her relationship with the provocative photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe.
Book Reviews
Punk Legend Recalls Life, And Love, As 'Kids'
January 25, 2010 Before either of them were famous, Patti Smith shared a romance and a deep friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Critic Michael Schaub says her new memoir, Just Kids, is a gift to anyone who has ever been touched by their art.
What We're Reading
What We're Reading, Jan. 20-26, 2010
January 20, 2010 This week, a novel from Jonathan Dee looks at the costs (and wild benefits) of living wealthy in America, and a memoir by Patti Smith recalls the singer's long friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe. Also, T.C. Boyle offers a new book of short stories, and a novel dives into Britain's mid-1950s "Cyprus Emergency."
Author Interviews
Patti Smith Remembers Life With Mapplethorpe
January 15, 2010 The iconic rock singer has written a book called Just Kids about her friendship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The two met when they were young artists just starting out in New York in the late 1960s.
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