No Walls and the Recurring Dream

The celebrated singer-songwriter and social activist Ani DiFranco discusses her life and careerGrammy award winner Ani DiFranco is the indie artist of our time. After releasing her first album at the age of just twenty on her own label, Righteous Babe Records, DiFranco has continued to blaze her own trail, becoming the voice of her generation. In her conscious rejection of the mainstream recording industry, the ultimate DIY artist breaks all the rules, maintaining a level of artistic integrity that has impressed many and antagonized more than a few. She continues to be a major touring and recording artist, runs her own label, and serves as a celebrated feminist leader whose songs provide a lens into the women's movement. In her new memoir, DiFranco connects herself to people in a new way and re-experiences her life from a place of hard-won wisdom and maturity that combines personal expression, music, feminism, political activism, storytelling, philanthropy,...