![]() ^ Patti Smith: Just Kids Part 1 KCRW's Bookworm with Host Michael Silverblatt.^ Just Kids: Punk Icon Patti Smith Looks Back National Public Radio, January 19, 2010.(With interview, acceptance speech, and reading.) ^ Bohemian Soul Mates in Obscurity The New York Times, January 17, 2010.The network landed the rights partly because Smith wanted to collaborate with writer John Logan, being a fan of his series Penny Dreadful. In August 2015, it was announced that Showtime was developing a limited series based on the memoir. It was the Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 from 1–5 March 2010, with Smith reading five 15-minute excerpts from her book. ![]() Just Kids was also featured on KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny on Januand KCRW's Bookworm with host Michael Silverblatt in March 2010. Just Kids was featured on the January 19, 2010, episode of Fresh Air, with Smith being interviewed by Terry Gross. It was a Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Best Books (2010), ALA Notable Book (2011), Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist (Current Interest, 2010), New York Times bestseller (Nonfiction, 2010), and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist (Autobiography/Memoir, 2010). Just Kids won the 2010 National Book Award for Nonfiction. In finishing, I did feel that I'd fulfilled my promise." Critical reception I wrote it to fulfil my vow to him, which was on his deathbed. So that was my agenda for writing that book. "I wrote it because Robert asked me to… Our relationship was such that I knew what he would want and the quality of what he deserved. ![]() "I didn't write it to be cathartic," she noted. Just Kids is a memoir by Patti Smith, published on January 19, 2010, documenting her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.
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