Joan Didion
(see also California Politics)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
In the Library: Articles
Didion, Joan. "The case of Theresa Schiavo," NY Review (6/9/05):60-69. Its lessons may not be what many suppose.
__________. "Mr. Bush & the divine," NY Review (11/6/03). Review essay on Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins, Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Didion, Joan. Slouching Towards Bethlehem [1968] (NY: Noonday, 1990).
__________. The White Album (NY: Pocket, 1980).
__________. Salvador (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1983).
__________. Democracy (NY: Pocket, 1985).
__________. Miami (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987).
__________. Political Fictions (NY: Knopf, 2001).
__________. Fixed Ideas: America since 9/11 (NY: NY Review, 2003). Imperial unilateralism & growing disconnect between government & the American people.
__________. Where I Was From (NY: Knopf, 2003).
In the Library: Fiction
Didion, Joan. A Book of Common Prayer (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1977). Novel about missing persons in Central America.
__________. Play It as It Lays: A Novel (NY: Pocket, 1978).
__________. After Henry (NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992). Short stories.