Hi, this is Allison. I'm a producer here at On My Mind. This Thanksgiving week, we're bringing

you a special treat, an interview with legendary folk singer Joan Baez. She joined Diane in August

to talk about her poetry collection, when you see my mother, ask her to dance. For years, Baez had written poems and

tucked them away in notebooks. She started this decades ago, around the time memories surfaced

of childhood abuse at the hands of her father. Poetry was a way to explore the reasons behind her

lifelong phobias, insomnia, and panic attacks, and to come to terms with a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder,

which for her meant she lived with a number of other voices in her head. Now 83, Bias has taken

these musings about her life, her trauma, and her passions for nature and art, and is sharing

them with the world. When you see my mother, ask her to dance, reads like a

diary and verse, and offers deep insight into the experiences and creativity of one of our nation's

most beloved folk musicians. Diane spoke to Joan Baez on Zoom in front of a live audience as part

of the Diane Ream Book Club. They talked about the book, as well as the recent documentary about her life.

Joan Baez, I Aminoise. Joan Baez has joined us. How wonderful to see you again.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for having me on. You know, it was back in 2008 that you and I first met back in our old studio on Ben Nest Street.

You sang for us. You played your guitar for us.

It's just wonderful.

I think our hair color has changed a little bit since then.

You understand mine?

Not as all, not at all.

But it is great to have you on.

Tell me about the title of the book

When You See My Mother Ask Her to Dance.

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