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Joan Didion Knew the Stories We’d Tell About the Manson Murders
Didion’s influential account of the era, “The White Album,” captures the ripples of terror provoked by the 1969 murders. By Alissa Wilkinson This article is an ...
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A glimpse into the newly opened archive of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
About a year after Joan Didion's death in 2021, the New York Public Library (NYPL) began the process to become the stewards of the joint archive of Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne which ...
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Joan Didion's Los Angeles: The People and Places That Shaped Her Local Life
A new book by Evelyn McDonnell details the people and places that shaped the late author's L.A. life We asked McDonnell to take us on a tour of some favorite Didion locations where fans can ...
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Joan Didion was famously reserved. But she openly adored John Wayne and Old Hollywood
Joan Didion, pictured during her L.A. days, was an unabashed fan of Old Hollywood, author Alissa Wilkinson writes in her new book about the famously reserved essayist and author. (Henry Clarke ...
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New book explores Joan Didion's impact on American literature: "We Tell Ourselves Stories"
SACRAMENTO – An extraordinary woman with deep Sacramento roots is being celebrated in a new book. "I think she's undefinable, kind of by design. She's just a very brilliant writer in different ...