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Joan Didion @ Aloud 11/16/11

in conversation with David Ulin @ The ex-Cathedral of St. Vibiana (now just Vibiana) UPDATE 11/18/11: watch (now you can check if I misquoted anything! and I can figure out what my various illegible notes said…) Notes: started with a … Continue reading

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upon rereading: “The White Album” by Joan Didion

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live. The princess is caged in the consulate. The man with the candy will lead the children into the sea. The naked woman on the ledge outside the window on the sixteenth floor … Continue reading

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