Scope and Contents In this deluxe edition, Patti Smith has written a poem in a separately printed broadside commerating her feelings about Robert Mapplethorpe. The book is the autobiography of Smith's young years and her deep relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. Patti Smith is a writer, performer, visual artist, poet and rock star who has currently returned to the music scene.Bartholomew Amazon.com review: Before she became the Godmother of Punk, Patti Smith was just some girl who came to New York in search of herself. We have a tendency to view her as always having been a rebel, guitar in hand, spouting her distinctive mix of poetry and invective at society. But the reality was that Smith came to New York as a refugee, uncertain of who she was and what she wanted to be. That's sometimes a bit hard to believe or realize, but in "Just Kids" Smith reveals just that: she wasn't one half as confident then as she is now, and that she had no idea what she was going to do once she arrived in...

Scope and Contents This book is the autobiography of Smith's young years and her deep relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. Patti Smith is a writer, performer, visual artist, poet and rock star who has currently returned to the music scene.Bartholomew Amazon.com review: Before she became the Godmother of Punk, Patti Smith was just some girl who came to New York in search of herself. We have a tendency to view her as always having been a rebel, guitar in hand, spouting her distinctive mix of poetry and invective at society. But the reality was that Smith came to New York as a refugee, uncertain of who she was and what she wanted to be. That's sometimes a bit hard to believe or realize, but in "Just Kids" Smith reveals just that: she wasn't one half as confident then as she is now, and that she had no idea what she was going to do once she arrived in New York. While this is true of almost everyone from her generation, it is somehow shocking and bizarre to ponder. More interesting was that...