Just Kids
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
Just Kids
| Author | Patti Smith |
|---|---|
| Published | 2010 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Patti Smith’s National Book Award-winning memoir of her years with Robert Mapplethorpe in late-1960s and 1970s New York — the Chelsea Hotel, the poverty, and two people deciding to be artists before either had made anything. Not history in the academic sense, but the best first-hand record of a scene that has since been thoroughly mythologised. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — named in the answers to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (the thread, June 2025). The full list of replies is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- New York City — the setting.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.