Let me tell you what I mean
Book
First edition.
"From the universally acclaimed, best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: ten pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Here are six pieceswritten in 1968 from the "Points West" Saturday Evening Post column Joan Didion shared from 1964 to 1969 with her husband, John Gregory Dunne about: American newspapers; a session with Gamblers Anonymous; a visit to San Simeon; being rejected by Stanford; dropping in on Nancy Reagan, wife of the then-governor of California, while a TV crew filmed her at home; and an evening at the annual reunion of WWII veterans from the 101st Airborne Association at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Here too is a 1976 piece from the New York Times magazine on "Why I Write"; a piece about short stories from New West in 1978; and from The New Yorker, a piece on Hemingway from 1998, and on Martha Stewart from 2000. Each one is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient"--
Available copies
- 3 of 6 copies available at OWWL.
Current holds
5 current holds with 6 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Free Library | 814.54 DID (Text) Adult Nonfiction |
52113300568589 |
Available - |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||
| Geneva Public Library | 921 DIDION (Text) Second Floor New Books |
52118301083660 |
On holds shelf - |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||
| Macedon Public Library | 814.54 DID (Text) Adult New Nonfiction |
52121300682276 |
Available - |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||
| Naples Library | 814.54 DIDION (Text) Chadwick Collection |
52124300405607 |
Checked out 03/19/2021 |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||
| Red Jacket Community Library | 814.54 DID (Text) Adult Nonfiction |
RJP0104980 |
Available - |
| This copy is new and can only be picked up at this library. | |||
| Wadsworth Library - Geneseo | 814.5 DID (Text) Adult New Nonfiction |
52150300572666 |
Checked out 03/24/2021 |