Joni mitchell autobiography 2014

2014 book by Malka Marom

Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words is a book from conversations of musician Joni Mitchell compiled by broadcast journalist, musician, and author Malka Marom. The book is composed of conversations recorded on three separate occasions, between the years 1973 and 2012. The book was published bygd ECW Press in 2014.

Acclaim and circulation

Released in September, 2014, Joni Mitchell In Her Own Words: Conversations with Malka Marom has garnered recognition as a 2015 IPPY Gold Medalist winner, inclusion as the Keynote topic/speaker (Marom) at "Court and Spark: An International Symposium", various mentions in on-line publications such as Brainpickings and is internationally translated and circulated in Italy and China.^[1]

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When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni Mitchell in 1973, she was eager to reconnect with the performer she’d first met late one night in 1966 at a Yorkville coffeehouse. More conversations followed over the next four decades of friendship, and it was only after Joni and Malka completed their most recent recorded interview, in 2012, that Malka discovered the heart of their discussions: the creative process.

In Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words, Joni and Malka follow this thread through seven decades of life and art, discussing the influence of Joni’s childhood, love and loss, playing dives and huge festivals, acclaim and criticism, poverty and affluence, glamorous triumphs and tragic mistakes . . .

This riveting narrative, told in interviews, lyrics, paintings, and photographs, is shared in the hope of illuminating a timeless body of work and inspiring others.

The new biography JONI MITCHELL: IN HER OWN WORDS is one of the trickier audiobook narration projects I've taken on. The book is actually a series of three lengthy, in-depth interviews - which isn't tricky, it's wonderful - but I was reading her talking, and let me tell you it felt strange to be voicing Joni Mitchell, even in a speaking voice. I like to think it took some finesse.

When I spoke to the author in Toronto, Malka Marom, she remarked that my voice actually sounded a bit like Joni's - because of the low register. That was encouraging. I certainly didn’t make any attempt to imitate Ms. Mitchell's voice in any way, I just tried to convey her words in a natural and in some cases even neutral tone. Some of what she is asked, and the answers she gives, are quite emotionally charged, and there is no doubt that she is a passionate woman, so I was often walking a fine line as I tried to convey the intensity of what was being discussed without going into an