02367cam a2200289 4500 759698350 TxAuBib 20210304120000.0 210216s2021||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9780593396551 lg. print : alk. paper $25.00 0593396553 lg. print : alk. paper $25.00 KyBuM KyBuM TxR TxAuBib Didion, Joan. Let me tell you what I mean [Large Type Book] / Joan Didion ; foreword by Hilton Als. 1st large print ed. New York : Random House Large Print, 2021. xliii, 191 p. (large print) ; 19 cm. 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 -- Some women -- The long-distance runner -- Last words -- Everywoman.com. "These twelve pieces from 1968 to 2000, never before gathered together, offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary figure. They showcase Joan Didion's incisive reporting, her empathetic gaze, and her role as 'an articulate witness to the most stubborn and intractable truths of our time' (The New York Times Book Review). Here, Didion touches on topics ranging from newspapers ('the problem is not so much whether one trusts the news as to whether one finds it'), to the fantasy of San Simeon, to not getting into Stanford. In 'Why I Write,' Didion ponders the act of writing: 'I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means.' From her admiration for Hemingway's sentences to her acknowledgment that Martha Stewart's story is one 'that has historically encouraged women in this country, even as it has threatened men,' these essays are acutely and brilliantly observed. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient"--From the publisher's web site. 20210304. Didion, Joan. American essays 21st century. Novelists, American 20th century Biography. Journalists United States Biography. Als, Hilton. RV8