2 days ago · About a year after Joan Didion's death in 2021, the New York Public Library (NYPL) began the process to become the stewards of the joint archive of Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne which ...

Did Joan Didion really walk the streets of Manhattan wearing red suede sandals with four-inch heels? Or is that further evidence that she didn’t really do much walking at all? Maybe she just posed around in them.

20 hours ago · Joan Didion and John Dunne's NYPL Archives are a Treasure Trove The expansive archive is now open to any New Yorker with a library card. By Dorothy Scarborough Published: Mar 27, 2025 10:17 AM EDT

1 day ago · Photograph of Joan Didion in the Vogue Art Department, c. 1958 (The archives of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne/New York Public Library). About a year after Joan Didion’s death in 2021, the New York Public Library (NYPL) began the process to become the stewards of the joint archive of Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne which includes manuscripts, photographs, dinner party guest ...

1 day ago · Photo: The Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne papers, The New York Public Library. A Polaroid photograph of Didion in the art department at Vogue , circa 1958.

Mar 8, 2025 · On the heels of describing Dunne’s tempestuous letter, Carter writes this: “About twenty years later, I bumped into the couple at Da Silvano. As John brushed past me, Joan came over to my...

Nov 23, 2011 · I’ve always envied Joan Didion for her glamourous life. Her style, her marriage to a fellow writer who adored her, her ability to walk in high heels. Like the red sandals with their four inch high heels (Christian Loboutin?) she mentions in Blue Evenings.

Jun 4, 2021 · Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald were known for their three-piece suits and low-waist dresses, and many years later, Joan Didion starred in a Celine campaign. Their appeal to the industry was that they were very much out of fashion, which made their personal style feel more authentic and different.

Dec 23, 2021 · On the heels of Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Didion published her second novel, 1970's Play It As It Lays. The blisteringly elegant, sparse and deeply disturbing prose is as sharp and haunting...

Jan 8, 2015 · Fear plays a major factor in preventing people from chasing (and getting) what they want. Didion suggests the hunt is worth pursuing, but only to those really dedicated to keep on going, even...