Joan Didion

Here's Didion's entry at Infoplease.com.

This is a profile of Didion from Barnard for a speech she gave there. You'll also find a photo there. What is the focus of the information on this page? How does this biographical information compare to what you found above? Why do you think it differs?

Here's a Didion bibliography, along with some links to an excerpt from Slouching Towards Bethlehem and to an external page. Consider: What kinds of things can you learn from just studying a bibliography? What are the limitations of bibliographies?

Here is an interview with Didion from Salon about her novel The Last Thing He Wanted.

Didion replies here to a letter regarding an essay of hers about public prayer that appeared in the New York Review of Books. On which side of this issue do you find yourself? Which writer makes a better case on this page? Does one answer affect the other?

This page has a link to Didion reading from her essay "In El Salvador: Soluciones." What do you make of her reading? Is it as easy to absorb her ideas in this format as it is to read them?

This is a review of Didion's novel The Last Thing He Wanted. Based on the review, do you want to read this book? Can you make any links to other works that you've read by this author?

Here's an essay by a writer who explains why she doesn't like Didion. Read it and take notes until you are comfortable with the author's main points. What do you think of this author's argument? What in your reading could help you support or refute this argument?

Did you know that this author has been a fairly frequent contributor to film? Look here for a Didion filmography.

This is a photo of Didion taken from a movie she did.