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Just Kids
by Patti Smith
Smith's National Book Award memoir of her youth with Robert Mapplethorpe in 1960s and 70s New York: poverty, art, devotion to becoming artists. Luminous.
Read it if…
you want a portrait of two people choosing art over everything.
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Skip it if…
you want a how-to.
Try instead: M Train →
Three things you will actually use
- Commit before you are ready.
- Find your person.
- Make work every day.
Do this first
Read the Chelsea Hotel chapters.
Our verdict
Becoming artists, together.
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