Ann Powers’ latest book, Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell, isn’t just another biography of one of the most prolific songwriters of the 20th century. More than an examination of what albums like Blue and Hejira mean to their creator, the book is a study in what the life and works of Joni Mitchell mean to us. Powers combines personal observations and her years of critical expertise to build an essential volume on what it means to be a woman, an artist and a human. My Joni will always be Miles of Aisles — what’s yours?
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