RESIST—BARBARA TAKES SOME ADVICE

Janis Ian bakes. Yes, that Janis Ian.

THE ACCIDENTAL ACTIVIST—BARBARA GETS POLITICAL

John F. Kennedy was on the stump on Long Island a few days before election day in 1960. I was at one of his rallies.

BARBARA HAS A FAVORITE NEBULA

It’s the Crab Nebula and

I identify with this nebula.

The first time I heard Tracy Chapman’s song, “Fast Car,” on the radio, I thought it was written for me.

I was singing in a band called The Sensations in the UK in the 1960s, and we got booked to open for Episode Six at a venue in London.

Summer was sitting beside us in the restaurant tonight.

The moon seems unable to spin on its axis, stuck in the center of the sky…

I was one of the first members of their U.S. fan club and adored John Lennon with every inch of my being. He was a poet; I was, too.

I was singing in a band called The Sensations in the UK in the 1960s, and we got booked to open for Episode Six at a venue in London.