Janis Ian

Born April 7, 1951, Janis Ian burst on the scene at age 15 with her controversial saga of interracial love, "Society's Child." Self-penned and arranged, it topped the charts and created a storm of discussion that featured Ian on The Tonight Show and in Life, Look, Time and Newsweek. Her debut album, 1967's Janis Ian, garnered her the first of her nine Grammy nominations to date. Since then, there have been 17 albums, some as close as 9 months apart, some as far apart as 10 years.

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who really cares Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Janis Ian is known throughout the world as the composer of songs such as "Jesse" and "At Seventeen." She has also garnered praise for her insightful essays for Performing Songwriter and The Advocate. While still a teenager, however, (about the same time as she was writing her first chart-topping hit, "Society's Child"), she published a volume of poetry, who really cares. It sold out fast and became an instant collector's item - the holy grail for Ian admirers. Unavailable for years, this poetry is now represented in a revised and expanded edition, including several controversial poems the original publisher refused to print, never-before seen photos, and a new introduction and afterword by Janis herself. This is a special treat no one who has ever admired Janis Ian's work will want to be without.