Notable Portland: 4/11–4/17
Literary events in and around Portland this week!
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Posts Tagged: Tracy Daugherty
Notable Los Angeles: 10/29–11/4
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Portland: 10/19–10/25
Literary events and readings in and around Portland this week!
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The Last Love Song by Tracy Daugherty
Tara Merrigan reviews The Last Love Song by Tracy Daugherty today in Rumpus Books.
...moreJoan Didion: Conservative to Liberal
How exactly did Joan Didion go from writing for conservative weekly the National Review to serving as a leading voice for the left? The New Yorker offers an answer: What changed was her understanding of where dropouts come from, of why people turn into runaways and acidheads and members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, why parents abandon their […]
...moreBook Recs from a River-Rafting Joan Didion
To go with her contribution, Didion had to provide a few sentences about herself. Excavated from the Mademoiselle archives, what she wrote shows a still somewhat green, aspiring writer with a sentimental attachment to home: “Joan spends vacations river-rafting and small-boating in the picture-postcard atmosphere of the Sacramento Valley.” Among her interests, she lists “almost […]
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