Overview: With Eight Grammy Nominations, A Gold Record, And Sales Of Over 4.5 Million, Ani Difranco Is One Of America's Most Fiercely Independent And Beloved Musicians, As Well As An Outspoken Voice Of Conscience. For The First Time, She Releases A Book Of Poetry And Paintings Capturing Her Essential Artistry That Has Helped Define And Invigorate A New Generation. Ani Difranco: Verses Rages, Eulogizes, Menaces, Revels, And Envisions. With A Poet's Precision And A Citizen's Stake, Difranco Finds The Meeting Places Of Intimacy And Politics, Of Self And Country, Of Resolve And Compromise, And Of The Fickle And Magnificent Capacities Of Love And Solitude. In 1990 At The Age Of Eighteen, Ani Difranco Rewrote The Rules Of The Record Industry When She Created Her Own Label, Righteous Babe Records, As An Alternative To Beckoning Corporate Offices. Since Then, Rbr Has Released Nineteen Full-length Difranco Albums To Critical Acclaim, And Is Now Home To Over A Dozen Cutting-edge New Artists. Difranco Was Named One Of The Top Twenty-five Most Influential Artists Of The Past Twenty-five Years By Cmj New Music (alongside Nirvana And U2) And One Of 21 Feminists For The 21st Century By Ms. Magazine. Together With Ani Difranco: Verses, She Released Her First Retrospective Album, Canon, In September 2007, And Proceeded On A Twenty-city Tour In The United States. Part 1: Coming Up: -- Untitled; Mixed Media On Canvas (1997) -- Coming Up -- My Iq -- Literal -- Untitled; Mixed Media On Panel (1990) -- Slant -- 32 Flavors -- Untitled; Acrylic On Canvas (2002) -- Angel Food -- Fuel -- Know Now Then -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2003) -- Pulse -- As Is -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2003) -- Not So Soft -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2004) -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2004) -- True Story Of What Was -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2003) -- Clip Clop Clack -- Tiptoe -- Untitled; Mixed Media On Canvas (2005) -- Untitled; Mixed Media On Canvas (2002) -- Subdivision -- Tamburitza Lingua -- Your Next Bold Move -- Part 2: Self Evident: -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2004) -- Self Evident -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2003) -- Imagine That -- Callous -- 1 -- 2 -- Untitled; Tempra On Paper (1975) -- 3 -- 4 -- Untitled; Acrylic On Canvas (2004) -- Serpentine -- To The Teeth -- Untitled; Mixed Media On Canvas (1998) -- Grey -- Bodily -- Akimbo -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2003) -- Platforms -- Camping -- Hypnotized -- Untitled; Acrylic On Canvas (2002) -- Parameters -- Untitled; Mixed Media On Canvas (1996) -- Reprieve -- Untitled; Acrylic On Canvas (2005) -- Untitled; Ink & Whiteout On Paper (2003) -- Grand Canyon -- Untitled; Ink On Paper (2004) -- Interview -- Ani And Sekou Sundiata In Conversation.

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