In Memory of Joan Didion: 'Blue Nights'

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In Memory of Joan Didion: 'Blue Nights'

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Published on Jan 13, 2022, 1:30:00 PM
Total time: 00:28:32

Episode Description

After the deaths of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and her daughter, Quintana, Joan Didion wrote "Blue Nights," the most personal and poetic book of her career. From 2011, she talks about aging, death, and the act of complete surrender that this devastating book required.

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