Just Kids

Just Kids
Book cover
AuthorPatti Smith
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRelationship with Robert Mapplethorpe
GenreMemoir
PublisherEcco
Publication date
January 19, 2010
Publication placeUnited States
Pages278
ISBN978-0-06-621131-2
OCLC496864395
LC Class1

Just Kids is a memoir by Patti Smith, published on January 19, 2010, documenting her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.[1]

"I didn't write it to be cathartic," she noted. "I wrote it because Robert asked me to… Our relationship was such that I knew what he would want and the quality of what he deserved. So that was my agenda for writing that book. I wrote it to fulfill my vow to him, which was on his deathbed. In finishing, I did feel that I'd fulfilled my promise."[2]

  1. ^ Bohemian Soul Mates in Obscurity The New York Times, January 17, 2010
  2. ^ Fortnam, Ian (June 2014). "Q&A: Patti Smith". Classic Rock #197. p. 30.