WORLD ACCORDING TO JOAN PB

An intimate exploration of the life craft and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention rigorous interrogation and beautiful style Joan Didion was a writer s writer not only a groundbreaking journalist essayist novelist and screenwriter but a keen observer who honed her sights on life s telling details Her insights continue to influence creatives and admirers encouraging them to become close observers of the world unsentimental critics and meticulous stylists An antidote to a global view that narrows our vision to the smallest screens The World According To Joan Didion is a meditation on the people places and objects that propelled Didion s prose and an invitation to journalists storytellers and life adventurers to throw themselves into the convulsions of the world as she once said Evelyn McDonnell the acclaimed journalist essayist critic feminist native Californian and university professor who regularly teaches Didion s work is attuned to interpret Didion s vision for readers today Inspired by Didion s own words from her works both published and unpublished and informed by the people who knew Didion and those whose lives she shaped