Patti Smith Planning Just Kids Follow-Up

Patti Smith has lead a more interesting life and accomplished more than many of us can hope for, so much so that it requires numerous memoirs to fully document. Her 2010 critically acclaimed and National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids, detailed her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe and she tells Billboard that a music-based follow-up is on the way. “I don’t have a big rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, a sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll story to tell. I think I have maybe a better story. Through rock ‘n’ roll I traveled the world, worked with my late brother and, best...  read more

Patti Smith Receives National Book Award

Patti Smith was recently honored with the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids....  read more

Patti Smith: Just Kids

Bohemian Rhapsody Patti Smith made a promise to the celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe that she would one day write their story. Now, twenty years after Mapplethorpe’s death to AIDS-related complications, Smith has kept her word, immortalizing their journey of innocent love and artistic pursuits amidst New York City’s bohemia in her memoir, Just Kids....  read more