Rock N' Roll Book

You can add Patti Smith's memoir "Just Kids" to you gift list for rock fans and literary fans alike.  It jsut won the National Book Award for nonfiction.  The book describes her time in New York in the 60s and 70s and her relationship with famed photographer Roger Mapplethorpe.  I haven't read this book yet, but I think I might read it and then pair it with Cameron Crowe's 2007 documentary Black White + Gray which explores both Smith's and Mapplethorpe's influences on the art world in the 1970s.  Congratulations to the Godmother of Punk on the award, another high note in an amazing artistic career.