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From Cleveland.com In her 1968 book of essays called “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” Joan Didion wrote: “My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. And it always does.” As one [...]
Joan Didion will not be coming to Boise for The Cabin’s visiting author series, according to the Idaho Statesman yesterday. “Ms. Didion was hospitalized briefly this week and has been advised not to travel for the May 14 event,” said director Paul Shaffer. The event had been due to take place months ago, but was [...]
Joan Didion read from “The Year of Magical Thinking” last night at Tulane University. One attendee wrote on her Twitter: “Didion wears black tights and camel colored Uggs. Her voice is dry w/o emotion…” To go to the Tulane Creative Writing blog, click here. This is an excerpt from The Times – Picayune blog about [...]
Joan Didion attended the Kelly Writers House at UPenn on March 30th/31st 2009. *** Click here to read an article about this in the Daily Pennsylvanian. *** INTERVIEW LISTEN to an audio recording of the interview: here Click here to stream the Quicktime video of an interview with Joan Didion, conducted by Al Filreis. READING LISTEN to an [...]
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York has announced new dates for a special charity performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play” starring Vanessa Redgrave. The date had been set for April, but was delayed due to the unexpected death of Natasha Richardson, Redgrave’s daughter. It will now [...]
Joan Didion has postponed her appearance at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise, Idaho as scheduled for Monday, March 16, due to health reasons, the Idaho Statesman reports on Monday 16th March. The event organizers, “The Cabin”, are sure that it will be rescheduled. If you are a ticket holder for this event, please click here. Didion is [...]
Read this here: Joan Didion, the accomplished journalist, essayist and novelist, will substitute for John Updike on May 12 as the final speaker in the Writers Center Stage series, sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Library Foundation. Subscribers who have a ticket for the Updike evening at the Ohio Theatre in PlayhouseSquare will be able to [...]
