In 1970, after fighting in Vietnam, young Walt Longmire took a job working security for an oil company in Alaska.

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

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

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

Medicare and Social Security represent successes in facing the realities of aging, but their imperfections also show how much more could be done.

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An event at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont celebrated an upcoming book about Eve Babitz and Joan Didion, two writers who documented the magic of California.

Hollywood actresses took turns reading previously unpublished letters penned by the late Eve Babitz to others, including Joan ...

The exclusive event included a reading of Babitz’s unsent letters by those A-list actors and the book’s author herself, Lili ...

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