Let me tell you what I mean
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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Didion, Joan. |
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Essays. |
- ISBN: 9780593318485
- Physical Description xxxv, 149 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.
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Formatted Contents Note: | Alicia and the underground press -- Getting serenity -- A trip to Xanadu -- On being unchosen by 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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Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword Hilton Als | p. vii | |
Alicia and the Underground Press | p. 3 | |
Getting Serenity | p. 10 | |
A Trip to Xanadu | p. 16 | |
On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice | p. 23 | |
Pretty Nancy | p. 30 | |
Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles | p. 38 | |
Why I Write | p. 45 | |
Telling Stories | p. 58 | |
Some Women | p. 79 | |
The Long-Distance Runner | p. 89 | |
Last Words | p. 99 | |
Everywoman.com | p. 123 |