Season 6: Book Lunch Series: Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne and the Art of Personal Prose, Ep 1

#JoanDidion, #booklunch, #BlueNights, #GregoryDunne, #memoir, #MitchHamptonThe new release of the private writings of Joan Didion, "Notes to John" , inspired me to revisit her "Blue Nights" and do a Book Lunch multi part series. I will explore both the uniqueness of Joan Didion's style of prose when it takes as subject matter the most personal and intimate of life's events - in this case the loss of her daughter and husband as well as reflections upon her own impending mortality. As an added bonus in the series I will also devote some time to her husband Gregory Dunne's 1970s masterpiece Vegas, The series will explore all the many things that can be done in and with prose.#memoir #autobiography #privacy #literature #california #newyorkcity #hollywood #natasharichardson #tonyrichardson #johngregorydunne #dominickdunne #yearoflivingdangersously #therapy #psychology #recovery #suicide #grief #2000s #1990s #1980s #1970s #1960s #saturdadyeveningpost #thewhitealbum #hippie #haightashbury #summeroflove #1969 #losangeles #lilyanolik #charlesmanson #courtneylove #lsd #evebabitz #williambutleryeats #thesecondcoming #slouchingtowardsbethlelhem