Joan Didion Los Angeles Notebook

Los Angeles Times: 6 writers remember Joan Didion, L.A.’s literary prophet who ‘remains full of surprise’

To live in Los Angeles is to live in Joan Didion’s world. On what would have been the writer’s 91st birthday, Didion’s thorny and tangled vision of the city endures. A philosopher, historian, songbird ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Chloe Cushman / For The Times) To live in Los Angeles is to live in Joan Didion’s world. On what would have been the writer’s ...

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Los Angeles Times: Letters to the Editor: Some words to remember from Joan Didion ahead of next year’s WGA negotiations

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To the editor: Because none of your literary commentators on Joan Didion mentioned her work as a screenwriter, they missed what may be her best writing about Los Angeles: “Strangers in Hollywood,” ...

Los Angeles Times: Joan Didion made her mark on L.A. Here are 10 places she knew and loved

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Joan Didion haunts Los Angeles. In January, as catastrophic fires ripped through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, Didion’s name became an echo on social media timelines as Angelenos shared and ...

Los Angeles Times: Joan Didion was famously reserved. But she openly adored John Wayne and Old Hollywood

Notes to John, posthumously published journal entries chronicling Didion’s therapy sessions, is a peek into the myths and fears that animated her writing life. Joan Didion, 2007.(Liz O. Baylen / Los ...

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6 writers remember Joan Didion, L.A.’s literary prophet who ‘remains full of surprise’