A new book explores the friendship and rivalry between two very different chroniclers of Sixties and Seventies Los Angeles – ...

Didion’s marriage was one of the most revered in American letters. But when the man who came first broke her heart, the ...

Two literary greats, Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, were more complicated than anyone knew. Here, the secret friendship and ...

Scenes are whole worlds, but worlds need creation myths, and Anolik has made a career out of writing those creation myths.

Lili Anolik’s “Didion & Babitz” is a sparkling and ardent look at the conflicting sensibilities of two iconic Californians ...

Maggie Smith, the undisputed queen of acting, has revealed her top book recommendations that echo her love for theater. This ...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a person (well, maybe besides Ryan Murphy) who loves a feud more than I do. To quote Marie ...

If your Naomi be Klein, you’re doing just fine. If your Naomi be Wolf, oh buddy, big oof.’ It’s a rhyme that went viral on social media as the two public intellectuals found themselves frequently ...

In "Didion & Babitz," author Lili Anolik explores the complicated relationship between the frenemies and declares her ...

I was enthralled and appalled. I was saved a lifetime of reading books like that by a neighbor who lent me Joan Didion’s “The ...