Think Out Loud

Singer Ani DiFranco talks about our responsibility to each other at the Portland Book Festival

By Sage Van Wing (OPB)
Dec. 23, 2024 2 p.m.

Broadcast: Monday, Dec. 23

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Ani DiFranco is best known for getting up on stage and belting out hard-hitting feminist songs while playing her guitar. But when she walked out in front of an audience recently at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, there was no guitar in sight. She was there for the 2024 Portland Book Festival to talk about the picture book she wrote for young readers about a child who accompanies her mother to their local polling station. DiFranco was interviewed on stage by OPB’s Prakruti Bhatt.

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