‘The World According to Joan Didion’ Can’t Get Through the Locked Door
Evelyn McDonnell’s Joan Didion biography can’t get through the writer’s “locked door”, but it’s useful for conversations about the forms and ethics of criticism.
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The Film Adaptation of Joan Didion’s ‘Play It As It Lays’ Still Slays
There’s a danger to Frank Perry’s 1972 film adaptation of Joan Didion’s novel Play It As It Lays, and that’s why we’ve subdued it for so long. Now 50 years later, it’s time to unleash the beast.
Joan Didion’s Crystal-Clear Vision Only Got Better with Age
Reading the Library of America’s comprehensive anthology, Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s, is like walking out of the rain and into a compelling time warp.
Did Women Writers Change the 20th Century New York Intellectual Scene?
Michelle Dean's Sharp challenges readers to consider what we gain from reading the lives and works of women writers and how they shaped cultural and socio-political thought in the 20th century and beyond.
‘Lovers At the Chameleon Club’ and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Lou Villars is a French athletic champion -- and a spy for the Nazis.