Janis Ian
Appearances
Fresh Air
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
Come to my door, baby. Face is clean and shining, black as night. My mother went to answer, you know that you look so fine.
Fresh Air
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
Now I could understand. and your tears and your shame. She called you boy instead of your name. When she wouldn't let you inside. When she turned and said, but honey, he's not our
Fresh Air
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
The small town eyes will gape at you and all surprise.
Fresh Air
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
Thank you. It's been a long time.
Fresh Air
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
Go find a fence, locate a shell, and hide yourself. Go on, go to hell, go.
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His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
The last time I saw him, he held a gun on me for seven hours. I talked to him about being Catholic, about how his grandmother would feel. I urged him to take more Valium because he took a lot of Valium. I urged him to keep drinking. I hoped he would pass out. He finally agreed with me that he was tired. And I helped him up to bed, left the house, that was it.
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His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
And it's a terrible thing to say in some ways, but the day that he died was the day that I finally felt free, because I no longer had to worry about him coming for me.
Fresh Air
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
In London, but not in New York.
Fresh Air
His Cancer Meds Were Nearly $1K A Pill. How Did That Happen?
Spain says we're kosher. The states say we're pork. We went in Toronto. The judge said amen. And when we got home, we were single. The idea of getting married as a gay person was so foreign. We kept thinking that it wasn't going to mean that much, everything was going to be the same. We were really shocked when we both started weeping after the ceremony.