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A review by kimberlyf
Slouching Towards Los Angeles: Living and Writing by Joan Didion's Light by Steffie Nelson
3.0
25 authors contributed to this celebration and investigation into Joan Didion’s claim on California. It’s essays, it’s a lover letter, it's a thank you note.
As with any collection of essays that includes many authors, there are going to be some essays that you like and some you don’t; some authors writing that you like and some you don’t. That said, I enjoyed the ways in which these authors wove stories and moments from their own personal lives together with Didion's writing, reflecting on how it affected their lives and their work. I will read anything with Joan Didion's name on it even if it's not her work directly because I like being in the orbit of her work.
It takes near investigative work to find the list of contributors for this book so for anyone else searching, I will list them below:
ANN FRIEDMAN
JORI FINKEL
MARGARET WAPPLER
JESSICA HUNDLEY
CHRISTINE LENNON
CATHERINE WAGLEY
SU WU
JOSHUA WOLF SHENK
LAUREN SANDLER
MICHELLE CHIHARA
SARAH TOMLINSON
LINDA IMMEDIATO
TRACY MCMILLAN
DAN CRANE
STEPH CHA
CAROLINE RYDER
JOE DONNELLY
MONICA CORCORAN HAREL
ALYSIA ABBOTT STACIE STUKIN
HEATHER JOHN FOGARTY
MARC WEINGARTEN
SCOTT BENZEL
EZRHA JEAN BLACK
As with any collection of essays that includes many authors, there are going to be some essays that you like and some you don’t; some authors writing that you like and some you don’t. That said, I enjoyed the ways in which these authors wove stories and moments from their own personal lives together with Didion's writing, reflecting on how it affected their lives and their work. I will read anything with Joan Didion's name on it even if it's not her work directly because I like being in the orbit of her work.
It takes near investigative work to find the list of contributors for this book so for anyone else searching, I will list them below:
ANN FRIEDMAN
JORI FINKEL
MARGARET WAPPLER
JESSICA HUNDLEY
CHRISTINE LENNON
CATHERINE WAGLEY
SU WU
JOSHUA WOLF SHENK
LAUREN SANDLER
MICHELLE CHIHARA
SARAH TOMLINSON
LINDA IMMEDIATO
TRACY MCMILLAN
DAN CRANE
STEPH CHA
CAROLINE RYDER
JOE DONNELLY
MONICA CORCORAN HAREL
ALYSIA ABBOTT STACIE STUKIN
HEATHER JOHN FOGARTY
MARC WEINGARTEN
SCOTT BENZEL
EZRHA JEAN BLACK