$18.99
February 2022 Art of Reading book club selection.
A New York Times best seller
Smith’s terrifically evocative and splendidly titled memoir of her and Robert Mapplethorpe’s close friendship is a testament to devotees of downtown Manhattan’s last momentous period of 20th-century artistic ferment. It is also her portrait of two young artists’ ascent, a prelude to fame. It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. … Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. … Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. A New York Times best seller.
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February 2022 Art of Reading book club selection.
A New York Times best seller
Smith’s terrifically evocative and splendidly titled memoir of her and Robert Mapplethorpe’s close friendship is a testament to devotees of downtown Manhattan’s last momentous period of 20th-century artistic ferment. It is also her portrait of two young artists’ ascent, a prelude to fame. It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. … Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy.
