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2012 Books Read
Live from Memphis. Here are the books I read in 2012. 1. My Life with Elvis – by Becky Yancey. The first book published after Elvis’ death from one of the insiders on his team. She worked in the office … Continue reading
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The Books: Blue Nights, by Joan Didion
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
The Books: The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
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
The Books: Where I Was From, by Joan Didion
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
The Books: Political Fictions, ‘Clinton Agonistes’, by Joan Didion
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
The Books: Political Fictions, ‘Political Pornography’, by Joan Didion
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
The Books: Political Fictions, ‘Newt Gingrich, Superstar’, by Joan Didion
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
The Books: Political Fictions: ‘Eyes on the Prize’, by Joan Didion
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
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
