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‘If an abyss is where I shall be for the rest of my life’, writes Yiyun Li, ‘the abyss is my habitat.’ Her book is a major contribution to literature on mourning.
Reading Joan Didion’s posthumously published new book feels like eavesdropping on private marital conversations. It’s revealing, raw and haunting.
Iconic authors Joan Didion and Eve Babitz were close in 60s and 70s LA. Journalist Lili Anolik read Eve’s posthumous letters to Joan, and argues each was the closest the other had to a secret twin.
Bret Easton Ellis’s first novel in 13 years blurs fact and fiction, mining his youth for material. The result is Joan Didion meets Brian De Palma.
The upcoming auction of Joan Didion’s belongings, from oversized sunglasses to iconic furniture only adds to our romanticised vision of the author’s persona.
What began as two journalists’ attempt to secure Scott Morrison’s reputation seems likely to tarnish his legacy forever. It’s an eye-watering own goal – and problematic journalism, in various ways.
I saw the performance the first day the smoke was clearing. We need connection to find a way forward; I found it in the theatre.
Millions of people have imagined California, but only one man was its historian.
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