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Los Angeles Times · 2d

When Joan and Eve were pals: ‘Didion & Babitz’ explores the unlikely bond between two seminal L.A. writers

Lili Anolik turns a cache of letters between Joan Didion and Eve Babitz into a book about the unlikely friendship between two seminal L.A. writers before they went their separate ways.

W magazine · 2d

How Joan Didion & Eve Babitz’s Love-Hate Relationship Shaped L.A. Literature

In ‘Didion & Babitz,’ journalist Lili Anolik unpacks the volatile yet symbiotic relationship between two literary icons.

Hollywood Reporter on MSN · 2d

Joan Didion Biographer Is as Unsparing as She Was: "I'm Just Trying to See Her Plain"

A revelatory new book is as penetrating and hardboiled about the late Joan Didion as she was about others. The writing icon's acclaimed career was in key part defined by living in, working with and writing about Hollywood.

Los Angeles Times · 6d

Were Joan Didion and Eve Babitz really two sides of the same coin?

Once Anolik completed “Hollywood’s Eve,” she hoped the book would serve as a kind of “auto-exorcism” closing the chapter on her decades-long obsession with an L.A. icon. But Didion, ever a powerful influence, brought Anolik back.

Are You More Joan Didion or Eve Babitz?

In the Literary It-girl universe, there is no larger chasm than that between Joan Didion acolytes and Eve Babitz fanatics. Which one are you?

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Why ‘Didion & Babitz’ author warns readers: Don’t be a baby

Lili Anolik’s dual biography of Joan Didion and Eve Babitz makes a compelling case that the literary icons weren’t just ...

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Letters of a Literary Titan Read by Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Roberts and More

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

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Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion

In 2019. Vanity Fair contributing editor Lili Anolik published “Hollywood’s Eve.” The biography, based on an earlier article ...

Emma Roberts Attends ‘Didion & Babitz’ Book Launch Party Wearing Stylish Gray Mule Heels

Emma Roberts attended the book launch party for Lili Anolik’s biography “Didion & Babitz” in Los Angeles on Nov. 12 ...

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Emma Roberts, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Beverly D’Angelo, and More Celebrate Didion & Babitz

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

2d

Why Gossip Is Fatal to Good Writing

A new book compares the authors and frenemies Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, but its fixation on their rivalry obscures the ...

1don MSN

Emma Roberts, Elizabeth Olsen, Nicole Richie and More Celebrate ‘Didion and Babitz’ Book Release

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

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