{"id":29184,"date":"2024-04-03T18:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/joan-baez-releasing-first-ever-poetry-book\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T18:05:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:05:43","slug":"joan-baez-releasing-first-ever-poetry-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/joan-baez-releasing-first-ever-poetry-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Baez releasing first-ever poetry book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-03\/M_JoanBaezPoetryBook_040324.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Godine Books<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Joan Baez<\/strong> is ready to share her poetry with the public for the first time ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The folk singer is set to release her first book of poetry, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance: Poems<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, on April 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The book is\u00a0described as an\u00a0\u201cintimate, autobiographical poetry collection&#8221; containing\u00a0poems for or about such artists as <strong>Bob Dylan<\/strong>, <strong>Judy Collins<\/strong> and <strong>Jimi Hendrix<\/strong>, as well as poems about her childhood, family, personal reflections and more.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSpeaking 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,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/godine.com\/book\/when-you-see-my-mother-ask-her-to-dance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>the description reads<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">. \u201cLike 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.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The book already\u00a0has at least one celebrity fan: Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Famer <strong>Bernie Taupin<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>who has\u00a0shared his thoughts on the release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cJoan\u2019s ideas and musings ricochet from the profound and humanly factual to the observant and slyly humorous,\u201d he writes. \u201cHer words can be both poignantly executed and captivating in a colorful closeness that pin-points the chinks in our armor that mirror all facets of the world we inhabit,\u201d he continues, adding that she\u2019s \u201ca national treasure.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The book isn\u2019t the only way Joan has given fans some insight into her personal life. A documentary about her life, <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">I Am a Noise<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, was released last year and is now streaming on Hulu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Godine Books Joan Baez is ready to share her poetry with the public for the first time ever. The folk singer is set to release her first book of poetry, When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance: Poems, on April 30. The book is\u00a0described as an\u00a0\u201cintimate, autobiographical poetry<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/joan-baez-releasing-first-ever-poetry-book\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}