Didion-Dunne archives acquired by New York Public Library
January 27, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The archives of the late Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, spanning from letters and wedding pictures to manuscripts and screenplay drafts, have been acquired by the New York Public Library.
Renowned author Joan Didion honored by hundreds at memorial
September 22, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Joan Didion's precision with words extended even to ones she would never live to hear, such as those used during a small, private service this spring at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Review: Tessa Hadley pens subtle, seductive novel of ’60s
February 14, 2022 GMT“Free Love,” by Tessa Hadley (HarperCollins)
The 1960s are an easy punching bag. In her 1968 essay collection “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” Joan Didion borrowed a line from W.B. Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” to evoke the sense of apocalyptic doom that she associated with the era.
List of late author Joan Didion’s published books
December 24, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Below is a list of published books, in reverse chronological order, by late author Joan Didion.
Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
December 23, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose precise social and personal commentary in such classics as “The White Album” and “The Year of Magical Thinking” made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of turbulent times, has died.
Hollywood bard, muse and reveler Eve Babitz dies at 78
December 18, 2021 GMTEve Babitz, the Hollywood bard, muse and reveler who with warmth and candor chronicled the excesses of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure to generations of readers, has died.