Since being crowned the “Queen of Folk” in the early 1960s, Joan Baez has consistently used her voice to advance the causes dear to her heart. In 1963, she sang with Bob Dylan at the March on Washington from the podium where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his “I have a dream” speech, and ever since she has been unwavering in her support for issues including civil rights and environmentalism.
Last year, Baez published her first book of poetry, When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance, a deeply personal collection of verse that reckoned with her upbringing, her struggles with depression and her musical peers, including Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. In the months since, she has continued to write, finding herself drawn once more to speak out about the most pressing political issues of the day.
