Wilkinson is the author of "We Tell Ourselves Stories". The book and title pay tribute to acclaimed writer and Sacramento ...

“This new book of Didion’s is full of second thoughts: about the Sacramento Valley of her childhood and, finally, the whole history of California.” It is the work of “someone who is even ...

Few writers of her generation have had the impact on American culture that Joan Didion has had. Since Didion’s death in 2021, ...

Three years after the beloved writer's death comes a new nonfiction book, comprised of notes about visits with her ...

We Tell Ourselves Stories,” by Alissa Wilkinson, looks at how Didion both shaped and was shaped by the movies.

Looking forward to some of our most anticipated books hitting store shelves in 2025 — including one about literary icon Joan Didion — and reflecting on last year’s crop of releases.

In her new book, “We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine,” Alissa Wilkinson paints the famously reserved author as an unabashed fan of Hollywood, especially the ...

In her 1976 essay, “Why I Write,” Joan Didion described herself ... interpreter and demystifier. Though not a Didion biography, Wilkinson’s book nonetheless follows the contours of her ...

When the writer Joan Didion died in December 2021, she left behind a literary legacy of five novels and 13 pieces of non-fiction, as well as screenplays including the original "A Star is Born".

Now Wilkinson, a film critic at the New York Times, presents Didion the guide in her new book "We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine." Wilkinson will discuss her ...