New York Public Library Acquires Joan Didion’s Letters, Drafts and Notes

Smithsonian Magazine

The sale comes just two months after the writer’s hurricane lamps, Le Creuset cookware, tortoiseshell eyeglasses and other personal belongings went under the hammer at a historic Stair Galleries auction that raised $1.9 million for charitable causes.

The Portrait Hung in Joan Didion’s Home. But Who Painted It?

The portrait’s power was unquestionable: In shades of rose, beige and taupe, it captured a young Joan Didion, angst furrowing her brow. As Didion fans made the pilgrimage to Hudson, N.Y.