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The Frisky Staff’s Favorite Books Of 2011

Jessica WakemanDecember 30, 2011 //
The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides
Just Kids, by Patti Smith
Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen
Paying For It: A Comic Strip Memoir About Being A John, by Chester Brown
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, by Mindy Kaling
Lit, by Mary Karr
Room, by Emma Donaghue
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution, by Sara Marcus
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It might seem like all we read around here is Tumblrs about Ryan Gosling. That’s only the partial truth: most of us are pretty huge bookworms. The Frisky staff is constantly lending our most loved books, swapping recommendations, and just in general being big-ass nerds. We’re not the kinds of blog that keeps you up-to-date on all the best new books that were published in 2011. But we can keep you in the loop about the best books we loved to pieces in 2011 and we think you will love them, too.

Drumroll, please ….

Patti Smith, When She Was Just A Kid

Julie GersteinNovember 24, 2011 //

If you were a fan of Patti Smith’s moving memoir Just Kids, then you’ll probably be really into this great book of photographs by Judy Linn. But even if you haven’t read Smith’s incredible elegy to her friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe, you’ll probably want to check out Linn’s work. She and Patti developed a quick and fast friendship, which informed the intimate nature of the photographs Linn was able to snap of Smith and her various friends and lovers. Her photographs are a stirring chronicle of Smith’s pre-fame life, and a quiet glimpse into a true artistic collaboration.

[$24.95 Amazon.com]

An Open Letter To The Film Industry About The “Just Kids” Biopioc

Ami AngelowiczAugust 30, 2011 //

Dear Film Industry,

Hey there! What’s up? I heard a rumor that you are working on a biopic of Patti Smith‘s memoir, Just Kids. Wow! I can’t say I’m surprised. It was a bestseller, winner of a National Book Award, and my favorite book of this year, aside from Freedom, which you will probably make into a movie too. But that’s not what I wanted to say. I wrote to beg of you, please don’t ruin this book by making a slick, star-studded movie. Keep reading »

Sweet Release: What’s In And Out The Week Of January 13th 2009

SimchaJanuary 13, 2009 //

DVD

  • “Skins”
    The saucy British show about teens is like sexy Degrassi meets My So Called Life. We’re fans from across the pond!

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