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It captures artistic devotion before fame with unusual tenderness and clarity.
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Just Kids
Patti Smith2010 selection · Nonfiction
Just Kids
Patti Smith recalls her formative friendship with Robert Mapplethorpe and their creative lives in 1970s New York.
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You love memoirs of art, friendship, and New York.
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friendshipartNew York Citycoming of age
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