Watch Evelyn McDonnell in conversation with Director of Events Laura Sheppard on her new book, The World According to Joan Didion.
McDonnell, acclaimed journalist, essayist, critic, and university professor, provides an intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most respected and significant writers of our time. Follow along with McDonnell as she talks to those who knew Didion and were inspired by her. Travel to the places Didion lived and documented, dig through archives, and dive deep into her writing. This book is a meditation on the people, settings, and objects that propelled Didion’s prose and an invitation to journalists, storytellers, and all life adventurers to “throw themselves into the convulsions of the world,” as Didion once said.
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