South and West : from a notebook
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Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Rich, Nathaniel, 1980- writer of foreword.
Status
Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Main Floor
818 D562
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818 D562
1 available
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
xx, 126 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title-page verso.
Description
Two excerpts from never-before-seen notebooks offer insights into the author's literary mind and process and includes notes on her Sacramento upbringing, her life in the Gulf states, her views on prominent locals and her experiences during a formative "Rolling Stone" assignment.
Description
Joan Didion has always kept notebooks of overheard dialogue, observations, interviews, drafts of essays, and copies of articles. "Notes on the South" traces a road trip she took with her husband John Gregory Dunne, in June 1970, through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Her acute observations about the small towns they pass through, her interviews with prominent local figures, and their preoccupation with race, class, and heritage seem to suggest a South largely unchanged today. "California notes" began as an assignment from Rolling Stone on the Patty Hearst trial of 1976. Though Didion never wrote the piece, watching the trial and being in San Francisco triggered thoughts about the West, the Hearsts, and her own upbringing in Sacramento.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Biography as a literary form.
California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Didion, Joan
Didion, Joan -- Travel -- Southern States.
Essays.
Hearst, Patricia, -- 1954- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Nineteen seventies.
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Biography as a literary form.
California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Didion, Joan
Didion, Joan -- Travel -- Southern States.
Essays.
Hearst, Patricia, -- 1954- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Nineteen seventies.
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Didion, J., & Rich, N. (2017). South and West: from a notebook . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Didion, Joan and Nathaniel Rich. 2017. South and West: From a Notebook. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Didion, Joan and Nathaniel Rich. South and West: From a Notebook Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Didion, Joan, and Nathaniel Rich. South and West: From a Notebook Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
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