with Q&A hosted by Paul Liberatore
An intimate, autobiographical poetry collection from legendary artist and activist, Joan Baez.
“An American icon revisiting her archives and taking back her history.” —VANITY FAIR
“Drily funny and wise.” —THE INDEPENDENT (UK)
Joan Baez shares poems for or about her contemporaries (such as Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, and Jimi Hendrix), reflections from her childhood, personal thoughts, and cherished memories of her family, including pieces about her younger sister, singer-songwriter Mimi Fariña. Speaking to the people, places, and moments that have had the greatest impact on her art, this collection is an inspiring personal diary in the form of poetry.
While Baez has been writing poetry for decades, she’s never shared it publicly. Poems about her life, her family, about her passions for nature and art, have piled up in notebooks and on scraps of paper. Now, for the first time ever, her life is shared in verse, revealing pivotal life experiences that shaped an icon, offering a never-before-seen look into the reminiscences and musings of a great artist.
Like a late-night chat with someone you love, this collection connects fans to the real heart of who Joan Baez is as a person, as a daughter and sister, and as an artist who has inspired millions.
Journalist
Paul Liberatore has covered the music scene and the cultural life of Marin County for six decades. His column on music and entertainment currently appears biweekly in the Marin Independent Journal and other Bay Area News Group papers. While at the IJ, he co-created, produced and hosted the IJ’s Lobby Lounge showcase of young Marin musicians. He is the author of “The Road to Hell,” a New York Times Book of the Times. He is a longtime fan and friend of Joan Baez and a supporter of Bread & Roses since Joan’s sister Mimi Farina founded it in 1974.
Sweetwater Music Hall Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is fully devoted to advancing music education, understanding and appreciation and Bay Area music history, culture and arts.
Bread & Roses Presents is a nonprofit arts organization with a human services mission that brings hope, healing and joy through live music and the performing arts to children, adults and seniors who are disadvantaged, marginalized, or otherwise isolated in diverse institutional settings in the San Francisco Bay Area. Every day of the year, volunteer performers, musicians, singers, jugglers, magicians and storytellers dedicate their time and talents to Bread & Roses to bring free uplifting performing arts programs to our neighbors most in need of healing. To learn more, go to breadandroses.org.
