The Patti Smith Just Kids Book Club Blog invites faculty, students, staff, alumnae/i, and other interested audiences to read and discuss 2013 Hepburn Medalist Patti Smith’s National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids. A few core bloggers will serve to get the conversation started (see their bios) and a comments section welcomes all to participate in lively and polite discussion (see the comments guidelines).

We’ll be reading selections from Just Kids according to the schedule below, and a round of posts by the core bloggers will appear every other Thursday. The first round of posts will be published on Thursday, Nov. 29. Comments will remain open throughout the fall and spring semesters, so you can join the conversation at any time. More information about the bloggers and comment guidelines can be found using the links at the top of every page.

Reading Schedule:

• November 29: Monday’s Children and Just Kids
• December 13: Hotel Chelsea, part 1
• January 17: Hotel Chelsea, part 2
• January 31: Separate Ways Together
• February 14: Holding Hands with God and Note to the Reader