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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘The Frog and the Crocodile’, by Joan Acocella

Posted on October 12, 2012 by sheila

On the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. The next essay I want to excerpt is called ‘The Frog and the Crocodile’, originally published in The New Yorker. Yet another essay by Joan Acocella that … Continue reading →

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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘True Confessions’, by Joan Acocella

Posted on October 11, 2012 by sheila

Next book on the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. The next essay is called ‘True Confessions’, originally published in The New Yorker. This essay is an example of what Joan Acocella does best. Although … Continue reading →

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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘Blocked’, by Joan Acocella

Posted on October 7, 2012 by sheila

Next book on the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. Joan Acocella has brought a lot of great things into my life, which is a strange thing to say, on the face of it. She … Continue reading →

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The Books: Blue Nights, by Joan Didion

Posted on October 6, 2012 by sheila

Still on the essays shelf. Blue Nights by Joan Didion. (You’ll notice that not all of these books are essays. True. But I have to keep an author in one place with all of her different works.) I had been … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion

Posted on October 4, 2012 by sheila

Still on the essays shelf. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. (You’ll notice that not all of these books are essays. True. But I have to keep an author in one place with all of her different works.) … Continue reading →

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The Books: Where I Was From, by Joan Didion

Posted on October 3, 2012 by sheila

Still on the essays shelf. Where I Was From by Joan Didion, is not a book of essays, but, like her books Miami and Salvador, a book about a place, and in this case it is California, her home state, … Continue reading →

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The Books: Political Fictions, ‘Clinton Agonistes’, by Joan Didion

Posted on October 2, 2012 by sheila

Still on the essays shelf with another book of essays by Joan Didion, called Political Fictions. This entire article makes me shiver with revulsion remembering the days of the Kenneth Starr inquisition, when Monica Lewinsky dominated our front pages, and … Continue reading →

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The Books: Political Fictions, ‘Political Pornography’, by Joan Didion

Posted on September 29, 2012 by sheila

Still on the essays shelf with another book of essays by Joan Didion, called Political Fictions. Joan Didion is not known for her humor. I am currently reading Arguably, a collection of Christopher Hitchens’ essays, and his prose often makes … Continue reading →

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The Books: Political Fictions, ‘Newt Gingrich, Superstar’, by Joan Didion

Posted on September 27, 2012 by sheila

Still on the essays shelf with another book of essays by Joan Didion, called Political Fictions. As I mentioned in the first excerpt from this wonderful book, Political Fictions is a compilation of the eight giant political essays that Joan … Continue reading →

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The Books: Political Fictions: ‘Eyes on the Prize’, by Joan Didion

Posted on September 26, 2012 by sheila

Still on the essays shelf with another book of essays by Joan Didion, called Political Fictions. In the late 80s, early 90s, the New York Review of Books hired Joan Didion to write about politics. She wrote 8 gigantic essays … Continue reading →

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