| Publication |
Los Angeles, Calif. : Rare Bird Books, [2020]
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| Copyright date |
©2020 |
| Edition |
First hardcover edition. |
| Description |
196 pages ; 23 cm |
| Call # |
813 S |
| Note |
"This is a Genuine Rare Bird book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196). |
| Summary |
A collection of original essays considering Joan Didion's work and its setting--California. |
| Contents |
Hello to all this / by Ann Friedman -- How to find your place in life, or What I learned from Joan Didion's "On keeping a notebook" / by Jori Finkel -- Dark mirror: reflections on the golden dream / by Steffie Nelson -- At this precise intersection of time and space: a response to Joan Didion's "At the dam" / by Margaret Wappler -- We dream of the cloverleaf / by Jessica Hundley -- Long ride home / by Christine Lennon -- That was a very pretty image: on the Joan Didion fragility myth / by Catherine Wagely -- Despair and doing / by Su Wu -- The opposite of cool / by Joshua Wolf Shenk -- A woman apart / by Lauren Sandler -- Where I am from / by Michelle Chihara -- On tour with a reluctant oracle / by Sarah Tomlinson -- Why I don't answer the phone: a conversation with Joan Didion about self-respect / by Linda Immediato -- A letter to Joan on turning fifty-five / by Tracy McMillan -- The last private man: From Howard Hughes to Jeff Goldblum / by Dan Crane -- Points on a map / by Steph Cha -- Waiting for Jim: a response to "The white album" / by Caroline Ryder -- The black albums: How Joan Didion and The Beatles went noir together / by Joe Donnelly -- A wonder woman in white tights / by Monica Corcoran Harel -- No milk today: revisiting my Haight-Asbury / by Alysia Abbott -- Brentwood notebook / by Stacie Stukin -- On keeping a cookbook / by Heather John Fogarty -- Red flag days: living in Joan Didion's Malibu / by Marc Weingarten -- Tania of the Golden West / by Scott Benzel -- West of the West Wing of Oz: a sentimental journey / by Ezrha Jean Black. |
| Subject |
Didion, Joan -- Criticism and interpretation.
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California -- In literature.
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American prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Didion, Joan. (OCoLC)fst00028514 |
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American prose literature. (OCoLC)fst00807422
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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California. (OCoLC)fst01204928 |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Literary criticism. (OCoLC)fst01986215
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Essays.
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Literary criticism.
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| Addl. Author |
Nelson, Steffie, editor.
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| Alt Title |
Living and writing by Joan Didion's light |
| ISBN |
1644280671 (hardcover) : |
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9781644280676 (hardcover) : |
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