Ann Powers has been a music critic for more than thirty years, working for NPR, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and other publications. In the decade she has worked with NPR, she has written exten­sively on music and culture and appeared regularly on the All Songs Considered podcast and on news shows includ­ing All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Her books include a memoir, Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America; Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White; Body and Soul in American Music; and Piece by Piece with Tori Amos. Powers lives in Nashville.

“The Joni Mitchell book we’ve all been waiting for. Ann Powers gives us a brilliant guided tour through the history, myth, and music of an icon.” CLAIRE DEDERER, bestselling author of Monsters

Ann Powers has been a music critic for more than thirty years, working for NPR, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and other publications. In the decade she has worked with NPR, she has written exten­sively on music and culture and appeared regularly on the All Songs Considered podcast and on news shows includ­ing All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Her books include a memoir, Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America; Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White; Body and Soul in American Music; and Piece by Piece with Tori Amos. Powers lives in Nashville.

“The Joni Mitchell book we’ve all been waiting for. Ann Powers gives us a brilliant guided tour through the history, myth, and music of an icon.” CLAIRE DEDERER, bestselling author of Monsters

Ann Powers has been a music critic for more than thirty years, working for NPR, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and other publications. In the decade she has worked with NPR, she has written exten­sively on music and culture and appeared regularly on the All Songs Considered podcast and on news shows includ­ing All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Her books include a memoir, Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America; Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White; Body and Soul in American Music; and Piece by Piece with Tori Amos. Powers lives in Nashville.

“The Joni Mitchell book we’ve all been waiting for. Ann Powers gives us a brilliant guided tour through the history, myth, and music of an icon.” CLAIRE DEDERER, bestselling author of Monsters