Patti Smith was on Ezra Klein’s podcast talking about her new book. Since she published, Just Kids, I’ve read everything she puts out. She was telling Ezra about her favorite books. A major one happened to be Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It had a big impact on her when she read it as a child. I only knew the story from the movies which always seem to veer from the novel. After reading it, I’d wished someone made me do it as a kid. I might not have gotten involved with doing so many dumb things in my youth.
