The Resource Let me tell you what I mean, Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als
Let me tell you what I mean, Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als
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The item Let me tell you what I mean, Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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The item Let me tell you what I mean, Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- "From one of our most iconic and influential writers: twelve pieces that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary figure. These essays from 1968 to 2000, which have not been gathered together until now, showcase Joan Didion's incisive reporting, her empathetic gaze, and her insights on writing. They touch on subjects ranging from newspapers ('the problem is not so much whether one trusts the news as whether one finds it'), to the fantasy of San Simeon, to not getting into Stanford. In 'On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice,' Didion ponders the fraught parent/child dilemma: 'I wonder if we had better not find some way ... to extricate our expectations from theirs...to let them work through their own rejections.' From her admiration for Hemingway's sentences to her acknowledgement that Martha Stewart's story is one 'that has historically encouraged women in this country, even as it has threatened men,' these pieces are acutely and brilliantly observed. This timeless collection of Didion's mostly early writing reveals what would become her subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxxv, 149 pages
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"-- title page verso
- Contents
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- Some women
- The long-distance runner
- Last words
- Everywoman.com
- Alicia and the underground press
- Getting serenity
- A trip to Xanadu
- On being unchosen by the college of one's choice
- Pretty Nancy
- Fathers, sons, screaming eagles
- Why I write
- Telling stories
- Isbn
- 9780593318485
- Label
- Let me tell you what I mean
- Title
- Let me tell you what I mean
- Statement of responsibility
- Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als
- Subject
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- American essays
- American essays
- American essays -- 20th century
- Autobiographie
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies as Topic
- Autobiography
- Autobiography
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Essais
- Essais américains
- Essays
- Essays
- Essays
- Essays
- autobiography (genre)
- essays
- Essay
- American essays
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From one of our most iconic and influential writers: twelve pieces that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary figure. These essays from 1968 to 2000, which have not been gathered together until now, showcase Joan Didion's incisive reporting, her empathetic gaze, and her insights on writing. They touch on subjects ranging from newspapers ('the problem is not so much whether one trusts the news as whether one finds it'), to the fantasy of San Simeon, to not getting into Stanford. In 'On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice,' Didion ponders the fraught parent/child dilemma: 'I wonder if we had better not find some way ... to extricate our expectations from theirs...to let them work through their own rejections.' From her admiration for Hemingway's sentences to her acknowledgement that Martha Stewart's story is one 'that has historically encouraged women in this country, even as it has threatened men,' these pieces are acutely and brilliantly observed. This timeless collection of Didion's mostly early writing reveals what would become her subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient."--
- Assigning source
- Dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Didion, Joan
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- essays
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Als, Hilton
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- American essays
- Autobiography
- Autobiographies as Topic
- Essais américains
- Autobiographie
- autobiography (genre)
- American essays
- Autobiography
- American essays
- American essays
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/writerofforeword
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- Label
- Let me tell you what I mean, Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"-- title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Some women
- The long-distance runner
- Last words
- Everywoman.com
- Alicia and the underground press
- Getting serenity
- A trip to Xanadu
- On being unchosen by the college of one's choice
- Pretty Nancy
- Fathers, sons, screaming eagles
- Why I write
- Telling stories
- Control code
- 1153007503
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxxv, 149 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593318485
- Lccn
- 2020016867
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 600, 650, 655
- Other control number
- 40030365780
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1153007503
- Label
- Let me tell you what I mean, Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"-- title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Some women
- The long-distance runner
- Last words
- Everywoman.com
- Alicia and the underground press
- Getting serenity
- A trip to Xanadu
- On being unchosen by the college of one's choice
- Pretty Nancy
- Fathers, sons, screaming eagles
- Why I write
- Telling stories
- Control code
- 1153007503
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxxv, 149 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593318485
- Lccn
- 2020016867
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 600, 650, 655
- Other control number
- 40030365780
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1153007503
Subject
- American essays
- American essays
- American essays -- 20th century
- Autobiographie
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies as Topic
- Autobiography
- Autobiography
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Didion, Joan
- Essais
- Essais américains
- Essays
- Essays
- Essays
- Essays
- autobiography (genre)
- essays
- Essay
- American essays
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