Joan Didion is such a wonderful and unforgettable contributor to literature. It's always a please to read anything related to her and her work!

I feel like Joan Didion has experiencing a resurgence in popular culture. I watched the Netflix documentary "Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Fold" and was instantly intrigued by Didion's story. Any opportunity I have to learn more about a female writer, I jump at the opportunity to do so, which is why I was excited to read "Conversations with Joan Didion", a collection of interviews conducted with the writer.

Unfortunately, after downloading the book from NetGalley, I could not open it in any form and I tried Kindle, GoogleDrive, and Adobe Reader. I'm assuming based on what I've read from Didion that this collection of interviews is informative and add additional insight into her life that fans are not aware of. I wish I could experience it.

I so appreciated this compilation of interviews throughout the storied career of Joan Didion. So many subjects are touched upon, it's not limited to her writing alone. Readers get a close look at her life, love, childhood, education, marriage, and her motivations. Her writing is explored in her own words, which resonate so in her personal essays. This book would make an excellent companion to the works of Ms. Didion.

Conversations with Joan Didion edited by Scott F Parker

It helps to be somewhat of a literary connoisseur of Joan Didion’s novels and non-fiction to read this collection of interview with the iconic writer – but even if you have gaps in your knowledge, you will certainly take something of Didion’s wisdom from the reading. You’ll learn what has inspired some of her novels – from travel to a newspaper cutting – as well as gain a glimpse into the famous essays collected in many volumes. And you’ll gain an understanding of the role her husband, John Gregory Dunne played in both her writing life and quotidian life, as well as the influence of her (adopted) daughter, Quintana. A welcome addition to the body of work by and about Didion.

Sorry (and dissappointed). I'm only able to read and review books that are enabled for kindle.