Artist Janis Ian Discusses Recent Work and Philanthropy with John Killacky

John Killacky interviews Janis Ian for vtdigger.org:

In 1969, Alma Routsong, under the pen name Isabel Miller, self-published a historical romance novel based on a true story of two lesbians in early 19th century New England. A folk painter and a young woman from a poor farming family fall unabashedly in love and forge a life together in Patience and Sarah. The book was awarded the first American Library Association’s Stonewall Award in 1971.

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