Details Emerge About “Blue Nights”

Written by Cillian Murphy on March 13, 2011
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The publisher Knopf has released more details about the content of Didion’s new memoir, Blue Nights. The book will focus on her daughter, Quintana Roo Dunne, who died just before Didion’s previous memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking, was published. It is said to address their relationship with “stunning frankness.” More generally, the book will speak to [...]

Didion to Present Columbia Spectator’s Quintana Roo Dunne Award

Written by Cillian Murphy on January 31, 2011
Joan Didion will present the first Quintana Roo Dunne Award for Visual Achievement in memory of her late daughter, a Columbia Spectator alumna.

On February 12, Joan Didion will present the first Quintana Roo Dunne Award for Visual Achievement at the Columbia Spectator‘s Annual Awards Dinner at the Columbia University Club in New York. The award is named for Didion’s daughter who died in 2005. Quintana Roo Dunne graduated from Columbia’s Barnard College in 1989, having served as the [...]

Two Interviews with Didion

Written by Cillian Murphy on May 30, 2010
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Watch a rare interview from the 1970′s with Tom Brokaw and Joan Didion. Didion discusses the power of writing and her love for California. Joan Didion talks with Today show host Katie Couric about the death of her husband and daughter, as recounted in her book The Year of Magical Thinking. (2005)