Patti Smith Wins National Book Award for “Just Kids” Memoir

Here at Art Predator, we’re happy to hear that Patti Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. Last summer, guest Blogger Ron Wells reviewed and raved about  Patti Smith’s Just Kids and which you can read below. Here’s a link to  an Interview with Patti Smith.

Learn more about other nominees and winners of the National Book Award here.

By Guest Writer Ron Wells “Yes! Yes! Yes! He would create proudly out of the freedom and power of his soul, as the great artificer whose name he bore, a living thing new and soaring and beautiful, impalpable, imperishable.” —-James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Just Kids is Patti Smith’s portrait of the artist as a young woman. It is written with style and grace, but most of al … Read More

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