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It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
- - Patti Smith: poet, artist, rock and roll star. Robert Mapplethorpe: artist, died of AIDS. "Just Kids" their story.
Summary edit
Throwback to the 60s and 70s of what its like to be artists just getting by in New York.
People edit
- Patti Smith: Protagonist. Known as the Godmother of punk. Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen.
- Robert Mapplethorpe: An American photographer and artist.
- Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr.: Roberts patron
- Bob Dylan: Add a description of this character.
- Lenny Kaye
- Richard Sohl
- Andy Warhol
- Brian Jones
- Gerard Malanga
- John Lennon
- Edie Sedgwick
- Jane Friedman
- Janis Joplin
- Sandy Pearlman
- Jimi Hendrix
- Sam Shepard
- Jimmy Washington
- Richard Hell
- Judy Linn
- Loulou
- Tony Ingrassia
- Maxime de la Falaise
- William Burroughs
- John McKendry
- Johnny Winter
- Stephanie
- Tim Buckley
- Terry Southern
- Thomas Eakins
- Jim Carroll
- Danny Fields
- Peggy Biderman
- Jack Kerouac
- Annie Powell
- Mick Jagger
- Edward Hopper
- Vali Myers
- Jackson
- Lillian Roxon
- Lee Krasner
- Peggy Guggenheim
- Lou Reed
- Gregory Corso
- Anne Waldman
- Rene Ricard
- Andy Brown
- Clive Davis
- Sam Friedman
- David Croland
- Susan Bottomly
- Jesse Paris Smith
- Pigman
- Stanley Bard
- Jackie Curtis
- Brice Marden
- Raymond Roussel
- Lynn Davis
- Sandy Daley
- Janet Hamill
- Fred Sonic Smith
- Matthew Reich
- Jim Morrison
- Jonathan Richman
- Ed Hansen
- Fernando Sánchez
- Richard Meltzer
- Bobby Neuwirth
- Mickey Ruskin
- Ivan Kral
- Allen Ginsberg
- Kimberly
- Tim Hardin
- Louis Delsarte
- Howard Michaels
- Jay Dee Daugherty
- Allen Lanier
- Holly Woodlawn
- Richard Lloyd
- Harry Smith
- George Kleinsinger
- Tom Verlaine
- Wayne County
- Donald Lyons
- Tinkerbelle
- Steve Paul
- Paul Strand
- Bruce Rudow
- Todd Rundgren
- Linda Smith Bianucci
- Patti Lee
Quotes edit
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“Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?”
First Sentence edit
I was asleep when he died.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword- XI
Monday's Children- 1
Just Kids - 33
Hotel Chelsea- 89
Separate Ways Together- 211
Holding Hands With God- 261
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 14 in 2010 Award Winners. (community list)
This book is in Janet Maslin's Top 10 Books of 2010. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ecco Books
Country: New York, NY., USA
Publication Date: Jan-2010
ISBN: 9780066211312
Page Count: 278
Publisher: Ecco Books
Country: New York, NY., USA
Publication Date: Jan-2010
ISBN: 9780066211312
Page Count: 278
Awards edit
- Amazon Best of the Month (January 2010, #1)
- National Book Award (November 2010: Nonfiction)
- New York Times Bestseller (2010: Nonfiction)
- Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year (2010: Top Ten)
- Nobbie Award (2010)
- Stonewall Book Award (2011: Honor Book in Nonfiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: ML420.S672.A3 2010
- Dewey: 920
Subjects edit
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