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4/5 Barnes & Noble Publisher Ecco Pages 278 Originally published 19 January 2010 Genre Memoir Country United States of America | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date January 19, 2010 ISBN 978-0-06-621131-2 Page count 278 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Subject Relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe Awards National Book Award for Nonfiction Similar Patti Smith books, Memoirs, Artist books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legendary patti smith on her new memoir m train national book award winner just kids
Just Kids is a memoir by Patti Smith, published on January 19, 2010. In the book, Smith documents her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.
Contents
Patti smith discusses just kids at national portrait gallery
Critical reception
Just Kids won the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. It was a Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Best Books (2010), ALA Notable Book (2011), Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist (Current Interest, 2010), New York Times bestseller (Nonfiction, 2010), and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Autobiography/Memoir, 2010).
Just Kids was featured on the January 19, 2010, episode of Fresh Air, with Smith being interviewed by Terry Gross. Just Kids was also featured on KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny on January 28, 2010 and KCRW's Bookworm with host Michael Silverblatt in March 2010. It was the Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 from 1–5 March 2010, with Smith reading five 15-minute excerpts from her book.
TV series
In August 2015, it was announced that Showtime was developing a limited series based on the memoir. The network landed the rights partly because Smith wanted to collaborate with writer John Logan, being a fan of his previous series Penny Dreadful.