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Just Kids

Patti Smith

  • 320 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2010
  • 33 editions
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1 About this book

In this memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith shares tales of New York City : the denizens of Max's Kansas City, the Hotel Chelsea, Scribner's, Brentano's and Strand bookstores and her new life in Brooklyn with a young man named Robert Mapplethorpe--the man who changed her life with his love, friendship, and genius.

  • Biography
  • Poets, biography
  • Rock musicians, biography
  • Artists, biography
  • New york, biography
  • Biography & autobiography
  • Memoir
  • Biography & Memoir

2 About Patti Smith

Born 1946

Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, and author. Her 1975 debut album, Horses, established her as an influential member of the New York City–based punk rock movement, earning the nicknames "Queen of Punk" and "Godmother of Punk". Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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