New book explores Joan Didion's impact on American literature: "We Tell Ourselves Stories"
Wilkinson is the author of "We Tell Ourselves Stories". The book and title pay tribute to acclaimed writer and Sacramento ...
Joan Didion and John Dunne's NYPL Archives are a Treasure Trove
The expansive archive is now open to any New Yorker with a library card.
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For Joan Didion, Mementos of Her Daughter’s Childhood Became Material
The opening of the Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne archives in the New York Public Library reveals unseen aspects of their family life, and approach to writing. By Lauren Christensen An ...
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Joan Didion made her mark on L.A. Here are 10 places she knew and loved
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.
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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 ...
Joan Didion was famously reserved. But she openly adored John Wayne and Old Hollywood
Joan Didion fell in love with movies as a girl but would sour on Hollywood after working there, Alissa Wilkinson writes in 'We Tell Ourselves Stories.' ...
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In ‘We Tell Ourselves Stories,’ Alissa Wilkinson Explores Joan Didion’s Time in Hollywood: ‘It’s a New Framework to Look at Her Work’
In 2020, film critic Alissa Wilkinson started working on a book project about Joan Didion. She wanted to explore the iconic essayist, reporter, novelist and playwright through an angle that hadn ...
Hooked On Books: Didion’S ‘Notes To John’: Invasion Of Privacy Or Insight Into Creative Genius?
There are multiple ways to celebrate, but one of the most alluring might be the nationwide "Poetry & the Creative Mind" virtual session on April 24 on poets.org. Starting at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time and ...
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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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Didion is a guide to understanding American culture and its dysfunction, but she’s not the only one
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 ...