Joan Didion discusses staying on the linguistic surface at the Kelly Writers House on March 31, 2009.
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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.
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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)
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Michael Cunningham presents Joan Didion with the 2007 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the National Book Award Ceremony.
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Joan Didion collects the award from Michael Cunningham/NBF.
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Michael A. Bernstein discusses “Political Fictions” with Joan Didion at the Revelle Forum (Neuroscience Institute UCSD).
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A trailer for “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), a film written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne.
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Panel Discussion at the NYPL with the New York Review of Books, including Joan Didion.
Comes just after Obama won the 2008 American Presidential Election.
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Joan Didion reads from “The Year of Magical Thinking” at the UCLA Department of English.
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Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave talk to Charlie Rose about “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play.”
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Joan Didion talks to Charlie Rose about her book, “The Year of Magical Thinking.“
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Joan Didion discusses her California memoir, “Where I Was From” with Charlie Rose.
(Skip forward to 28:15)
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Joan Didion discusses her non-fiction book, “Political Fictions“, with Charlie Rose.
(Skip forward to 37:45).
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Joan Didion discusses her novel called “The Last Thing He Wanted” with Charlie Rose.
(Skip forward to 23:55)
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Clip 1 from Vanessa Redgrave’s performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”.
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Clip 2 from Vanessa Redgrave’s performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”.
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Clip 1 from Annalee Jefferies’ performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”
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Clip 2 from Annalee Jefferies’ performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”
