Revisiting Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne’s Hollywood Era
Wilkinson’s book got me curious enough about Didion and Dunne’s collaborations to visit or revisit all seven of their ...
I Don’t Want Anyone to Read My Diaries, Yet I Can’t Burn Them
It could be that keeping a diary — “keep” being the operative word — is how we stay true to ourselves, even the embarrassing ...
‘This Is Us’ Alum Griffin Dunne Opens Up About His New ‘Complex Role’ in ‘Ex-Husbands’ Movie
Griffin Dunne never planned on acting. Born into a Hollywood family, he was set on something else — journalism, inspired by ...
Joan Didion was famously reserved. But she openly adored John Wayne and Old Hollywood
Joan Didion fell in love with movies as a girl but would sour on Hollywood after working there, Alissa Wilkinson writes in ...
Joan Didion made her mark on L.A. Here are 10 places she knew and loved
Experience Joan Didion’s Los Angeles — her iconic homes, along with the hotels and restaurants she frequented, as two new ...
How the Movies Made Joan Didion a Great American Writer
A new book by Alissa Wilkinson argues that the iconic writer’s imagination and signature style were profoundly shaped by ...
From the Palisades to Palos Verdes, L.A.’s altered landscapes challenge memory itself
Like the Palisades fire, the Palos Verdes landslide is erasing an entire place — including a home of Joan Didion, who wrote ...
In ‘We Tell Ourselves Stories,’ Alissa Wilkinson Explores Joan Didion’s Time in Hollywood: ‘It’s a New Framework to Look at Her Work’
In 2020, film critic Alissa Wilkinson started working on a book project about Joan Didion. She wanted to explore the iconic ...