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Just kids

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 h...

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Main Author: Smith, Patti.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Ecco, c2010.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Smith, Patti.
Mapplethorpe, Robert.
Chelsea Hotel > Biography.
Women rock musicians > Biography.
Photographers > Biography.
Women poets > Biography.
Poets, American > 20th century > Biography.
Artists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Musicians > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
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Summary: 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.
Physical Description: xii, 278 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780066211312 (cloth)
006621131X (cloth)
9780060936228 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Patti Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 30, 1946. She is a singer-songwriter, writer and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary mergence of poetry and rock. Her album Horses has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time. She has recorded twelve albums. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

She has written several books including Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, Auguries of Innocence, M Train, and Just Kids, which won the Nonfiction category of the National Book Award in 2010.

Her drawings, photographs, and installations have been shown at numerous venues including the Andy Warhol Museum and the Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris. In 2005, she was awarded the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, which is the highest honor awarded to an artist by the French Republic.

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