{"product_id":"i-write-to-find-out-what-i-am-thinking-collected-nonfiction-9780593992210","title":"I Write to Find Out What I Am Thinking: Collected Nonfiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis second hardcover omnibus edition of Didion's collected nonfiction contains her final four books: \u003ci\u003eBlue Nights, South and West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean, \u003c\/i\u003eand her bestselling and most famous work, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her essay \"Why I Write\" (included in this volume), Joan Didion explained what lies behind her iconic nonfiction writing: \"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means.\" Across her long and prolific career, readers have been blessed time and again by her brilliance as a prose stylist and a social commentator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom her unforgettable reckonings with grief (for her husband in \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e and for her daughter in \u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e), to her exploration of two iconic regions of America in \u003ci\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/i\u003e, through the indelible pieces of reporting collected from across her career in \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean\u003c\/i\u003e, the books collected here show Didion at her best: bearing witness to our history, illuminating our culture, and shedding light on the human condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOAN DIDION (1934-2021) was born in Sacramento, California. She wrote five novels and ten nonfiction books, as well as co-authoring screenplays with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, for \u003ci\u003eThe Panic in Needle Park, Play It as It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Star is Born\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. In 2007, she was awarded the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2013, she was awarded a National Medal of Arts and Humanities by President Barack Obama, and the PEN Center USA's Lifetime Achievement Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer: \u003c\/b\u003e GRIFFIN DUNNE is an actor, film producer, and director. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in \u003ci\u003eAfter Hours. \u003c\/i\u003eFilms he has directed include \u003ci\u003eAddicted to Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJoan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold\u003c\/i\u003e, a documentary about his aunt.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580337946898,"sku":"9780593992210","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_368cdde9-bd6c-453b-b2fe-488ebb623550.jpg?v=1756216937","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-write-to-find-out-what-i-am-thinking-collected-nonfiction-9780593992210","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}