Let Me Tell You What I Mean
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean

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Let Me Tell You What I Mean

About this book

Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion.

Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in this collection include Didion writing about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to San Simeon, and a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas, and about topics ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe to Martha Stewart.

Here are subjects Didion has long written about – the press, politics, California robber baronsac, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive and, in new light, stunningly prescient.

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Information

Publisher
Fourth Estate
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780008451752
eBook ISBN
9780008451769
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Praise for Let Me Tell You What I Mean
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword By Hilton Als
  7. Alicia and the Underground Press
  8. Getting Serenity
  9. A Trip to Xanadu
  10. On Being Unchosen by the College of One’s Choice
  11. Pretty Nancy
  12. Fathers, Sons, Screaming Eagles
  13. Why I Write
  14. Telling Stories
  15. Some Women
  16. The Long-Distance Runner
  17. Last Words
  18. Everywoman.com
  19. About the Author
  20. Also by Joan Didion
  21. About the Publisher

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