Just Kids

Oh wowwwww. I have to be honest and say that I did not super know who Patti Smith was? Like, I'd heard the name, and I knew Just Kids won the National Book Award, but I didn't really know... well, anything that was written about in this book. I was constantly going back and forth between Just Kids and Wikipedia to see who all the various figures of the Chelsea Hotel were.

Anyway so, I say that just to make it clear that this 5-star rating is not coming from a place of Patti Smith's #1 fandom. It's just a phenomenal book about ~art~ and ~friendship~ and ~love~ and ~finding a place for yourself in the world.~

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Read it and then join me in doing nothing but listening to Patti Smith on Spotify okay???

I also think that this could have teen appeal, especially for ~artistic types,~ but there is a lot of talk about drugs (though much of it as an observer, not a user) and description of Robert Mapplethorpe's photography so... be aware.