Paul Lisicky’s career as a writer and a teacher of writing has spanned decades and genres, but one constant has been his love for the music of Joni Mitchell. Writing about his childhood in New ...

Highly personal tributes by the writers Henry Alford and Paul Lisicky each view the singer’s life and artistry through their own prism. By Leah Greenblatt Leah Greenblatt is an editor at The Times.

Henry Alford’s “I Dream of Joni” is a playful, gossipy book. Paul Lisicky’s “Song So Wild and Blue” is a memoir about the struggle to become an artist — and a whole person — in the ...