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Tag Archives: After Henry
“The ability to think for one’s self depends upon one’s mastery of the language.” — Joan Didion
It’s her birthday today. Someone said that Didion’s (seemingly) simple sentences are like a perfect puzzle. If you remove one line from a paragraph, everything falls apart. Her writing is that well-constructed. She was a notoriously painstaking self-editor. She would … Continue reading
The Books: After Henry, ‘Sentimental Journeys’, by Joan Didion
Still on the essays shelf with another essay from After Henry, by Joan Didion. The final essay in After Henry is a massive multi-part sweeping essay about the Central Park Jogger rape and the ensuing media frenzy as well as … Continue reading
The Books: After Henry, ‘Times Mirror Square’, by Joan Didion
Still on the essays shelf with another essay from After Henry, by Joan Didion. As I mentioned, the book After Henry is broken up into three sections labeled, Washington, California, New York. We have clearly been going through the “California” … Continue reading
The Books: After Henry, ‘L.A. Noir‘, by Joan Didion
Still on the essays shelf with another essay from After Henry, by Joan Didion. The Cotton Club preliminary hearing (which was always referred to as a “trial”) was made to be covered by someone like Joan Didion. Its themes and … Continue reading
The Books: After Henry, ‘Los Angeles Days’, by Joan Didion
Still on the essays shelf with another essay from After Henry, by Joan Didion. ‘Los Angeles Days’ is another one of Joan Didion’s multi-part multi-topic montage essays. I love when she goes at a topic from all angles, without coming … Continue reading
The Books: After Henry, ‘Pacific Distances’, by Joan Didion
Still on the essays shelf with another essay from After Henry, by Joan Didion. ‘Pacific Distances’ is the second essay in the “California” section of About Henry and it is a monster. It has six separate distinct parts, each with … Continue reading
The Books: After Henry, ‘Girl of the Golden West’, by Joan Didion
Still on the essays shelf with another essay from After Henry, by Joan Didion. ‘Girl of the Golden West’ is one of Joan Didion’s best essays (and for her, that’s saying a lot). Ostensibly, it tells the story of the … Continue reading
The Books: After Henry , ‘Insider Baseball’, by Joan Didion
Still on the essays shelf with a second essay from After Henry, by Joan Didion. ‘Insider Baseball’, a 4 part essay about the 1988 Presidential campaign, originally appeared in The New York Review of Books. It’s a monster. Joan Didion … Continue reading
The Books: After Henry, ‘In the Realm of the Fisher King’, by Joan Didion
Next book on the essays shelf is After Henry, by Joan Didion. After Henry is a 1992 collection of essays by Joan Didion. It is broken up into three sections: Washington, California, New York. This collection is not as well-known … Continue reading