JUST KIDS by Patti Smith (Harper Collins, 2010)
Winner of the National Book Award (“The Best of American Literature”), Patti Smith celebrates in memoir her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe that began one summer in New York City in 1968. In spare thoughtfully collected diction, Smith recounts how she and Mapplethorpe lived a gritty, Bohemian life devoted totally to the pursuit of art -- sometimes homeless, sometimes living at The Hotel Chelsea, for a long time living together -- each cultivating funky creativity amidst evolving androgyny. As an expression of their unique love, they vow never to “leave the other;” but they do love others, and as Robert lives into his homosexuality, they drift apart and evolve separate, ever-artistic lives, vow unbroken (9/10).
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