Singer, songwriter, author, and activist Joan Baez, interviewed by journalist, author and host of On My Mind Podcast Diane Rehm, discusses her book “When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance: Poems”.

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This conversation features singer, songwriter, author, and activist Joan Baez, Journalist, Author and Host of On My Mind Podcast Diane Rehm. They discuss Baezs’ book “When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance: Poems” before a live audience at the Kentucky Author Forum. This conversation was recorded on October 21, 2024, at The Kentucky Center in Louisville. Joan Baez 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. 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.

Joan Baez has been honored with both the Recording Academy and the Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, and her 1960 debut album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Amnesty International presented her with its first Joan Baez Award for Outstanding Inspirational Service in the Global Fight for Human Rights.