Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco has announced her upcoming book, The Spirit of Ani, with coauthor Lauren Coyle Rosen, out March 3rd, 2026, on Akashic Books. In this collaborative work, the musician/feminist/activist is in conversation with cultural anthropologist Lauren Coyle Rosen. In these exchanges, DiFranco is open about her “creativity, spirituality, personal experiences, and evolving consciousness.”

A limited number of preorders will include an autographed copy of the book and a signed Giclée print of DiFranco’s painting “Spirit Becomes Flesh,” which is reproduced here for the first time.

About The Spirt of Ani, DiFranco shares:

Lauren wanted to talk about my creative process and, more specifically, about its spiritual dimension – and so we did. I hope this book with be of some use to other seekers on the paths of feminism, spirituality and creativity.

Expanding on themes from memoir No Walls and the Recurring Dream, DiFranco also offers reflections on contemporary popular culture, “ranging from gender and queer politics, to the music industry in the virtual age, to climate change.” The book includes previously unpublished photographs and journal entries, “song-birth sheets,” paintings, and the lyrics for some of her songs.

Lauren Coyle Rosen is an author, artist, singer/songwriter, and cultural anthropologist. She founded and writes for the Spiritual Muses and is a fellow at Harvard University. She was formerly a cultural anthropology professor at Princeton University. She is currently at work on her next nonfiction book, Goddess:  A History. In 2025, she released her first four music albums, including, most recently, Athena Visions.