Part 1 of 2 - Michael Cunningham presents Joan Didion with the National Book Foundation's life-time acheivement award for American writers. Recorded November 14, 2007, at the National Book Awards Dinner and Ceremony in New York City.
Thank you for this..I discovered the wonderful work of Joan Didion some years ago. Her essays especially those from The White Album and Slouching..are so perfect. Even though I lived in the 60's and thought I was plugged in..I feel I am being shown what that time and place really was about...damn. I thought Tom Wolfe was the voice..maybe even in a way Vonnegut. Joan IS. What a great writer.
Thank you for this..I discovered the wonderful work of Joan Didion some years ago. Her essays especially those from The White Album and Slouching..are so perfect. Even though I lived in the 60's and thought I was plugged in..I feel I am being shown what that time and place really was about...damn. I thought Tom Wolfe was the voice..maybe even in a way Vonnegut. Joan IS. What a great writer.
mickey1954RK 9 months ago
Couldn't he have put his glasses on before he walked up to the stage? Anyway, he's totally write about Didion's sentences.
tengounachichi 1 year ago