Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner Contributor(s): Smith, Patti (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060936223 ISBN-13: 9780060936228 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Patti: - Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. She gained recognition in the 1970s for her revolutionary mergence of poetry and rock and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Her seminal album Horses, bearing Robert Mapplethorpe's renowned photograph, hasbeen hailed as one of the top one hundred albums of all time. Her books include M Train, Witt, Babel, Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence. |