Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Indeed, in the name drop-heavy dedication for Eve’s Hollywood, Babitz thanked the Didion-Dunnes for “having …
An entire generation of literary-minded women has not stopped telling itself stories influenced by master storyteller Joan Didion. Her biggest fangirl might be Lili Anolik, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair whose 2014 article about Babitz, followed by her 2019 biography “Hollywood’s Eve,” fueled a revival of interest in her work. Now Anolik is back with a new book, “Didion …
Book review Didion & Babitz By Lili Anolik Scribner: 352 pages, $29.99 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. When I first cracked open Lili Anolik’s dazzling and provocative “Didion & Babitz,” I was dubious. Anolik followed that in 2019 with a passionate immersion into Babitz’s …
