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American essays 20th century American essays 21st century American fiction 20th century American literature 20th century American literature 20th century History and criticism American literature Women authors History and criticism Didion, Joan Didion, Joan Criticism and interpretation Novelists, American 20th century Biography Women authors, American 20th century Political and social viewsMcDonnell, Evelyn
Summary: An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigorous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion was a writer's writer; not only a groundbreaking journalist, essayist, novelist and screenwriter, but a keen observer who honed her sights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Summary: Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm—these brilliant women are the central figures of Sharp. Their lives intertwine as they cut through the cultural and intellectual history of America in the twentieth century, arguing as fervently with each other as they did with the sexist attitudes of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2018
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Summary: "Faced with the deaths of her husband and her only child within a two-year span, Joan Didion confronted a grief that 'none of us know until we reach it.' Two of her finest works, 'The year of magical thinking' (a winner of the National Book Award) and 'Blue nights,' chart this experience with startling honesty. These unforgettable memoirs, and the dramatic adaptation 'The year of magical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2024
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Summary: This second volume in Library of America's definitive Didion edition includes two novels and three remarkable essay collections with which she extended the compass of the extraordinary journalistic eye first developed in the celebrated books Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album. Gather here are Salvador, a searing look at terror and Cold War politics in the Central American civil war...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 DIDDaugherty, Tracy
Summary: "In The Last Love Song, Tracy Daugherty, the critically acclaimed author of Hiding Man (a New Yorker and New York Times Notable book) and Just One Catch, delves deep into the life of distinguished American author and journalist Joan Didion in this, the first printed biography published about her life. Joan Didion lived a life in the public and private eye with her late husband, writer John...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015