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 Janis Ian Information
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 Janis Ian (born April 7, 1951[1]) is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumental musician, columnist, and science fiction author. She had a successful singing career in the 1960s and 1970s, recording into the 21st... 
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 The Washington Post Janis Ian
10/10/1997: 212 words, approx. 1 pages JANIS IAN "Hunger" (Windham Hill) Although she's changed a lot in the 30 years since her teenage hit, "Society's Child," Janis Ian hasn't misplaced her earnestness. The singer-songwriter's new album, "Hunger," finds her returning to interracial relations, the theme of that first success, in... summary from source:
The Washington Post JANIS IAN "Billie's Bone ...
05/21/2004: 340 words, approx. 1 pages No one ever picked up a Janis Ian disc with hopes of getting the party started -- at least no one who wasn't severely depressed to begin with. "Billie's Bones" is her latest collection of whispered meditations, sparsely arranged and often hauntingly sad and... summary from source:
 AP News Today in history - April 7
4/7/2007: 580 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Saturday, April 7, the 97th day of 2007. There are 268 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 7, 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.On this date:In 1927,... summary from source:
The New York Observer Cynthia and Christine, Sittin' in a Tree: F-A-S-H-I-O-N-A-B-L-Y!
5/1/2005: 696 words, approx. 2 pagesThe stylists and makeover mavens of Manhattan are freaking out. They are itching to get their controlling paws on a Park Slope resident named Christine Marinoni. Ms. Marinoni is the New York State campaign director for the Alliance for Quality Education. She is also Cynthia...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Aida Pavletich
731 words, approx. 2 pages
[In the early 1960s, the genre of teen songs had "the boy-friend" as their central theme. The demons of teendom were the other girls. Parents] were another conflicting force. Her parents usually disapproved of Jimmy or Eddie or Johnny, and made vague but forceful class distinctions to keep the lovers apart. Their objections were met with either rebellion or death. Only Janis Ian capitulated in "Society's Child," breaking the mold. (p. 77) Outside of a few songs written by ... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Jacques Vassal
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The first thing that struck one about Janis Ian was her youth and the precocity of her talent. (p. 205) It was in 1966, after her dramatic first appearances at Green-wich Village's Village Gate, that Janis made her first album for Verve-Forecast [Janis Ian]. Immediately the record earned the admiration of the educated public, but also the disapproval of the Establishment. This was due to the most noticed song on the album, "Society's Child," which tackled the problem of racial di... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Peter Reilly
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Janis Ian is for the trendies one of the most exciting, red-hot writer/performers in pop at the moment; for the rest of us she's definitely here to stay. With "Miracle Row,"… she has seized for herself the title of Girl Most Likely to Get Pop off Its Moribund Ass in the Late Seventies. Like the lady herself, "Miracle Row" exudes theatricality. It has equal amounts of the high romance of the low life and the jaded, dark-red-nail-polish lows that accompany the high li...
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