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(photos by Gerard Malanga)

Patti Smith chronicles her 22 year friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe in the new memoir Just Kids. In my development as a creative person Patti Smith has been a huge influence and inspiration. These remembrances of her early days in NYC, the music and poetry scene and her romance with Mapplethorpe are sure to satisfy my nostalgia for a time that that I didn’t live through but feel so connected to…

Listen to Patti Smith on Fresh Air talking about her career and unique relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe.

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