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Sep 24, 2026

Patti Smith - Just Kids

JUST KIDS

MEMOIR

ART, MUSIC & NEW YORK

PATTI SMITH

Part memoir, part portrait of a city in transition, Just Kids follows Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe as they build a life around art before either knows where it will…

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