Joan Didion (1934-2021) was one of the most distinct American
literary voices of the last half century. She was the author of
five novels and ten books of nonfiction, including Slouching
Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, Play It As It Lays, and mostly
recently the New York Times best sellers The Year of Magical
Thinking, Blue Nights, South and West, and Let Me tell You What I
Mean.She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the
National Book Award for Nonfiction and the National Book
Foundations' Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American
Letters.
David L. Ulin is the author or editor of ten books, including
Sidewalking- Coming to Terms with Los Angeles; the Library of
America's Writing Los Angeles- A Literary Anthology, which won a
California Book Award; and The Lost Art of Reading- Books and
Resistance in a Troubled Time. The former book editor and book
critic of the Los Angeles Times, he teaches at the University of
Southern California.
“Almost any page of this invaluable book will take you somewhere
emotionally and offer a paramount lesson in the power of Didion’s
voice." — Hilton Als, The New Yorker
"Readers carry Didion around in different ways, for different
moments, and this new book is a defining compilation of her early
writing." —Los Angeles Times
"The Library of America has another gem on its hands with this
collection." —PopMatters
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