ANI DIFRANCO is a Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter and musician who has released 23 albums, traversing genres and addressing a range of autobiographical, political, and social issues. She is widely considered a feminist icon, and created her own label, Righteous Babe Records, in 1990. DiFranco released a collection of poems and paintings titled Verses in 2007. No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir, was a New York Times bestseller, and she is the author of two children’s books, The Knowing and Show Up and Vote. In 2024, she completed a five-month run on Broadway in the role of Persephone in Hadestown. Her latest work is The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music, and Freedom (Akashic Books, Ltd.).
