Comments on: Review: Slouching Towards Bethlehem

By: Reader Question: Well-Known Literary Journalism?

Reader Question: Well-Known Literary Journalism? — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:03:07 +0000

[...] Joan Didion (Slouching Towards Bethlehem) [...]

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Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:12:59 +0000

[...] Slouching Towards Bethlehem: by Joan Didion. Read about the grim world of San Francisco during the 1960s in Didion's work. [...]

By: Narrative Nonfiction 5: Women Writers

Narrative Nonfiction 5: Women Writers — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:34:03 +0000

[...] first Joan Didion book I read was Slouching Towards Bethlehem, her second book of nonfiction, and I loved it. It’s hard not to admire her as a writer and [...]

By: Review: The Year of Magical Thinking

Review: The Year of Magical Thinking — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:39:12 +0000

[...] impressed me about Didion when I read Slouching Towards Bethlehem was her ability to observe and get inside people. She has a very keen eye for detail and for [...]

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:14:23 +0000

bkclubcare: I know, I’m super fascinated by her too. She’s just such an interesting writer to study because she’s done so much writing. Plus, I think literary journalism is my favorite genre, so I have to be interested in her

By: bkclubcare

bkclubcare — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:58:40 +0000

I am fascinated by Didion… golly, just another too-many-books sigh.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:36:36 +0000

Sandra: I’m looking forward to reading more Didion very much. She’s a lot more prolific than I thought she was, so I have plenty to choose from that’s for sure.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:54:49 +0000

I enjoyed your review very much. I really liked this book but then I’ve liked all her books that I’ve read. The White Album, which I read when it came out and loved, but then I’m a sixties girl. Miami and is very well written, and After Henry was touching. I recently acquired a copy of Play It As It Lays so I have that to look forward to.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:13:25 +0000

bermudaonion: Yeah, it’s a good book, one I appreciated more after discussing it in class.

Joanne: I have The Year of Magical Thinking on my TBR shelf right now. I think the book that has the Manson family in it is The White Album, this one doesn’t talk about the Manson family at all.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:04:01 +0000

This sounds really interesting. I’ve had Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking recommended to me, but haven’t gotten to it yet.

In a high school sociology class I remember reading a book by Didion that had some writing about the Manson family and their influence on culture – I’ve forgotten the title but maybe this is it?