Society's Child: An Afternoon with Janis Ian August 23, 2008

“Society’s Child” is the controversial song that launched fifteen-year-old singer-songwriter Janis Ian into the diverse and dynamic 1960’s music scene.

Inspired by an interracial couple, “Society’s Child” tells the story of a white girl whose parents forbid her to continue seeing her black boyfriend.
Booed offstage by racists, received frightening hate mail, her song banned from radio stations across the country-affording her the nickname, “musical spokesman for the ‘now’ generation.”

Ian’s riveting journey is chronicled in the 2-CD set, The Best Of Janis Ian: The Autobiography Songs and her accompanying autobiography Society’s Child.

A splendid & inspiring retelling of a major life.
Book & CD signing to follow discussion to benefit Green Hills Library.

Official Website: http://www.library.nashville.gov