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EPISODE · Oct 3, 2025 · 16 MIN

Jane Eisner - author of Carole King: She Made the Earth Move

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Carole King: She Made the Earth Move (September 16, Yale Jewish Lives), is the first biography of this extraordinary artist. Drawing on numerous interviews as well as historical and contemporary sources, this book brings to life King’s professional accomplishments, her personal challenges, and her lasting contributions to the great American songbook.Journalist and author Jane Eisner places King’s life in context, revealing details of her humble beginnings in postwar Jewish Brooklyn and exploring the roots of her musical genius. Readers will come to understand the ways King’s four marriages intersected with her artistic production, her fruitful collaborations across genres, her conflicted relationship with fame, and her engagement with politics.Jane EisnerInterviewed live with Chaz on KVLF on 09-30-2025

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Carole King: She Made the Earth Move (September 16, Yale Jewish Lives), is the first biography of this extraordinary artist. Drawing on numerous interviews as well as historical and contemporary sources, this book brings to life King’s professional...

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