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Quando vedi mia madre, chiedile di ballare

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Joan Baez ha raccolto negli anni i suoi ricordi, in forma poetica, su quaderni e fogli sparsi, finora mai condivisi pubblicamente. In questo libro ha deciso di raccontare per la prima volta questa storia in versi, che include testi dedicati o rivolti ad artisti come Bob Dylan e Jimi Hendrix, riflessioni sull’infanzia, pensieri personali e ricordi di famiglia, tra cui il legame con la sorella minore Mimi Fariña, cantautrice anch’essa. Queste poesie sulla sua vita, sui suoi affetti, sulle sue passioni per la natura e l’arte rivelano le esperienze fondamentali che hanno plasmato un’icona, offrendo uno sguardo inedito su una grande artista. Un diario intimo, attraverso le persone, i luoghi e i momenti che hanno maggiormente influenzato la sua arte, per comporre un’inedita autobiografia in versi. Come parole sussurrate a tarda notte a qualcuno che amiamo, queste pagine creano un legame profondo con il cuore autentico di Joan una donna, una figlia, una sorella, un’artista che continua a ispirare milioni di persone.

192 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 27, 2025

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Joan Baez

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American political activist Joan Baez sang folk.

People know highly individual vocal style of Joan Chandos Baez, a writer. This soprano features a three-octave vocal range and a distinctively rapid vibrato. Her topics deal with social issues.

People best know her hits "There but for Fortune," "Diamonds and Rust," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," and to a lesser extent, "We Shall Overcome," "Love Is Just a Four-letter Word" and "Farewell Angelina." After the 1960s, her music strayed considerably and encompassed everything from rock and pop to country and gospel.

She also performed "Sweet Sir Galahad," and "Joe Hill" at the festival of 1969 at Woodstock. Her passion, notably in the areas of nonviolence, civil and human rights, and the environment in more recent years lasted even longer than well-known early relationship with Bob Dylan.

She performed publicly for nearly a half century, released more than thirty albums, and recorded in at least eight languages.


Baez, a writer, especially in the mid-1970s, most often interpreted work and covered Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, and myriad other persons.

In more recent years, she interpreted diverse writers, such as Steve Earle, Natalie Merchant, and Ryan Adams, and found success.

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119 reviews14 followers
June 8, 2025
Chicas me encanta Joan Baez pero me quedo con su faceta de cantaurota más que con la de poeta... las imágenes que evoca tienen una sensibilidad especial que lleva su marca, y la relación con su familia, la infancia y la naturaleza que los acoge me emociona un montón. No me disgustó la antología, pero a veces hay demasiadas libertades con el verso libre que me dejan indiferente.
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55 reviews15 followers
July 22, 2025
2,5*

sin ubicar a joan baez, en una semana me he leído su poemario y me he visto su documental. lol. de aquí me quedo con 'a sudden deer' y 'jimi'. pero en general un poco meh.

pd. chuli que fuera edición bilingüe.
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81 reviews3 followers
August 7, 2025
"Me alejo cada vez más de las caras
que me miran preocupadas.
Me ofrecen el sol
pero yo me dirijo a las estrellas,
me ofrecen dulce miel
pero mi lengua lleva mucho tiempo muerta.
[...]
El sol brilla.
Yo giro y giro en su luz".

La voz de Joan Baez tiene uno de los vibratos más bonitos del mundo, y esa sinceridad también se transmite en los versos de este libro, donde habla con un tono excesivamente coloquial de temas como la infancia, la familia, los miedos o la nostalgia. Me ha gustado, aunque en su contra han ido mis propias expectativas, que, dada la calidad de su música y el increíble legado que ha dejado también como activista, estaban muy altas.
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58 reviews
December 12, 2025
très beau, émouvant et sincère. elle ecrit librement de sa voix. La lecture de ce recueil peut se comparer à une dance avec la vie, la création, et offre une vision d’un bonheur simple et tendre.

"Our names are gone, but our faces glide pleasantly around the bright room and bring her a kind of safety and comfort."
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23 reviews
June 1, 2025
mucho amor por la familia, en especial por su madre. Es un libro con una mirada llena de delicadeza y atención. Muy tierno <3
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