Bibliograph

Let me tell you what I mean, Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als

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Let me tell you what I mean, Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Alicia and the underground press -- Getting serenity -- A trip to Xanadu -- On being unchosen by the College of One's Choice -- Pretty Nancy -- Fathers, sons, screaming eagles -- Why I write -- Telling stories -- Some women -- The long-distance runner -- Last words -- Everywoman.com

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Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Let me tell you what I mean

Responsibility statement

Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als

Summary

Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her five-decade career, Didion writes about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to William Randolph Hearst's castle at San Simeon, a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas, and portraits ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe, Martha Stewart and Ernest Hemingway. This collection reveals what would become her subjects: the press, politics, California robber barons, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient

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