Will You Take Me As I Am (English)

A collection of songs that manages to be simultaneously excruciatingly honest and defiantly unsentimental, the 1971 album BLUE is singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's most well-known record. Mitchell composed the music for this album during a particularly difficult period, one of extreme emotional vulnerability that came right on the heels of the early commercial success that thrust her into the public eye. Feeling a need for freedom, Mitchell traveled extensively during this time, writing many of BLUE's songs on the road. In WILL YOU TAKE ME AS I AM, Michelle Mercer compiles material from a wealth of personal interviews with Mitchell, constructing an intelligent and detailed account of what she refers to as Mitchell's "Blue Period." Mercer weaves together theoretical discussions of songwriting in relation to landscape and autobiography with remarkable insights into the work and life of this important musical figure. minimize