Topic: Joan Didion

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Joan Didion

When we talk about mortality we are talking about our children," Joan Didion writes in her new memoir, "Blue Nights." Mortality is a subject Didion...

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By Stacey May Fowles. . Any discussion about Joan Didion must reference her influence, something that the author herself is not entirely...

'Blue Nights,' by Joan Didion: review

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The cover of Didion's latest book, Blue Nights. . . It was standing-room-only last night, as devoted readers and writers packed the Paula Cooper...

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