Por: Time Life September 24, 2023
was a bit of a goth. Beginning with her first short story about death in the desert, she was drawn to dark subjects: cannibals, bikers, Jim Morrison, Dick Cheney. Her favorite house was the old governor’s mansion in Sacramento, a towering compendium of gothic arches and Victorian cupolas. As a teen, and for years afterward, she would drive to the outskirts of Sacramento, park next to the Matthew Kilgore Cemetery, sit on the fender of her car,... + full article
Los Angeles Times USA Entertainment April 12, 2023
I came late, let me admit it, to the novels of Joan Didion. For too long, I considered them if not an afterthought then an ancillary line of work. Such a perception is hardly uncommon; the essays are what we think about when we think about Didion, and in more recent years, the... + más
In a New York cathedral, Joan Didion is memorialized — as a Californian | Los Angeles Times
Sunglasses for $27,000? A desk for $60,000? Joan Didion's estate sale made big bucks | Los Angeles Times
ABC News USA Entertainment January 27, 2023
NEW YORK -- The archives of the late Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, spanning from letters and wedding pictures to manuscripts and screenplay drafts, have been acquired by the New York Public Library. “The Library is thrilled to announce that our outstanding research... + más
On Joan Didion’s Estate Sale | The Atlantic
Los Angeles Times USA Opinion December 03, 2022
Many people have been influenced by Joan Didion’s writing. But few of us can tell you what it was like to be the subject of one of her essays. One of her most famous, “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream,” which appeared in her book, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” is... + más
Los Angeles Times USA Entertainment November 17, 2022
We all know that if we are to live ourselves there comes a time when we must relinquish the dead, let them go, keep them dead. Joan Didion wrote that in A Year of Magical Thinking, her 2005 memoir in which she grieved the 2003 death of her husband, fellow writer John Gregory... + más
The Atlantic USA Life November 10, 2022
Mythology came long ago for the celebrated writer; now it’s coming for her belongings.STAIR; Joanne Imperio / The AtlanticNovember 10, 2022, 10:28 AM ETOn the evening of December 30, 2003, Joan Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, decided to stay in. Didion made a... + más
Joan Didion remains elusive in a Hammer Museum show inspired by her life | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA Entertainment November 08, 2022
I will confess that early last week, in an act of deadline avoidance disguised as research, I spent hours lurking at the auction of Joan Didion's estate organized by Stair Galleries in New York, attempting to rationalize the acquisition of an object connected to the author.... + más
Los Angeles Times USA Entertainment September 26, 2022
With the sun as bright as a typical day in Los Angeles, thousands of people gathered in New York on Wednesday to pay tribute to Joan Didion, the iconic author who died at 87 in December. The massive stone Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine was gray inside, and somber.... + más
Renowned author Joan Didion honored by hundreds at memorial | ABC News
Renowned author Joan Didion honored by hundreds at memorial | WPLG Local 10
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