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Didion, Joan (author.). Als, Hilton, (author of foreword.). Didion, Joan Alicia and the underground press. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Getting serenity. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Trip to Xanadu. (Added Author). Didion, Joan On being unchosen by the college of one's choice. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Pretty Nancy. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Fathers, sons, screaming eagles. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Why I write. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Telling stories. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Some women. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Long-distance runner. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Last words. (Added Author). Didion, Joan Everywoman.com. (Added Author).

Summary: "From the universally acclaimed, best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: ten pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Here are six pieces written in 1968 from the "Points West" Saturday Evening Post column Joan Didion shared from 1964 to 1969 with her husband, John Gregory Dunne about: American newspapers; a session with Gamblers Anonymous; a visit to San Simeon; being rejected by Stanford; dropping in on Nancy Reagan, wife of the then-governor of California, while a TV crew filmed her at home; and an evening at the annual reunion of WWII veterans from the 101st Airborne Association at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Here too is a 1976 piece from the New York Times magazine on "Why I Write"; a piece about short stories from New West in 1978; and from The New Yorker, a piece on Hemingway from 1998, and on Martha Stewart from 2000. Each one is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient"--

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  • ISBN: 0593396553
  • ISBN: 9780593396551
  • Physical Description: xliii, 191 pages (large print) ; 19 cm
  • Edition: First large print edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2021]

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Formatted Contents Note: Alicia and the underground press -- Getting serenity -- A trip to Xanadu -- On being unchosen by the college of one's choice -- Pretty Nancy -- Fathers, sons, screaming eagles -- Why I write -- Telling stories -- Some women -- The long-distance runner -- Last words -- Everywoman.com.

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Albright Memorial Library LARGE TYPE 814.54 DIDION (Text) 50686015715860 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Carroll Valley Library LP 814.54 DIDION (Text) 35740635751787 Large Print Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library DID (Text) 33249024786612 Large Print Fiction Available -
Lower Macungie Library LP 814.54 DID (Text) 33400001507618 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -
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