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This is Patti Smith's recounting of Robert Mapplethorpe's and her story. I chose the book because I am fascinated by artistic circles, like the Bloomsbury group--how does it come to pass that these creative people get to know each other and inspire and support each other (or not). I didn't learn much new here--young, starving artists living in large cities get to know other artists in their neighborhood, through their jobs, by visiting the same restaurants and clubs, even, through ads in the loc
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