Jesse Dorris has written stories for The New Yorker, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Surface, Aperture, Artforum, Architectural Digest, and others. He hosts the weekly radio show Polyglot on WFMU. He lives in Brooklyn.
The 76-year-old synth-folk pioneer and transgender icon talks about channeling Odetta, keeping Annie Lennox on repeat, and hearing the sounds within silence.