WOMEN
Lili Anolik Takes Us Inside the Literary Rivalry Between Joan Didion and Eve Babitz
November 14, 2024
The author of a new book exploring the parallel lives of writers Joan Didion and Eve Babitz joined us to talk about the two literary icons and their visions of Los Angeles.
LIT
Myriam Gurba Wants You to Stop Hiding From Death
September 6, 2023
“There’s this knee-jerk reaction to argue that a misogynistic joke is not a joke because a particular party found it unfunny.”
COVER
Olivia Rodrigo and Phoebe Bridgers Let It All Out
September 5, 2023
For our September 2023 cover story, the Gen Z idol got on a call with her pop-rock peer to talk about post-tour blues, release-day rituals, and the side effects of mega-fame.
OPEN BOOK
Memoirist Emily Wells Shares Her Guide to the Bookstores of Eastside L.A.
June 16, 2023
“Because it was a matter of time before whatever book I was reading would be confiscated, I learned to read as quickly as possible.”
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A Taste of Paradis: Joan Didion, in Conversation with Mark Marvel
March 23, 2023
“I stopped doing description a long time ago. If I start describing something, I put myself to sleep at the type-writer.”
IN CONVERSATION
For Brigitte Lacombe and Catherine Opie, People Are Portraits Waiting to Happen
February 1, 2023
“It’s really about being curious to a fault. Everything is interesting.”
5 things
Overpriced Salads and Political Catastrophes Inspired Grant Ginder’s New Novel
May 13, 2022
The novelist shares five inspirations that shaped his latest book, “Let’s Not Do That Again.”
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Amanda Montell is One of Those (Occasionally High) Coffee Shop Writers
July 20, 2021
The “Cultish” author takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.
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Sanjena Sathian Wants to Go to the Met Ball with Zadie Smith
April 21, 2021
The “Gold Diggers” author takes us beyond the blank page and into her process.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Great Joan Didion
December 10, 2020
The iconic writer answers some questions about her favorite films, why she still loves New York, and what she had for breakfast.
Texting With Sleater-Kinney About Joan Didion, Emojis, and HAL 9000
August 16, 2019
We hopped in a group chat with Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker to talk brick phones, unplugging, and the future.
A rare interview with Eve Babitz, the long sober, cool again author
April 6, 2018
According to the original cult L.A. writer, she’s just been living her life.
Intimate images of Joan Didion through the years
October 20, 2017
Through personal images plucked from director Griffin Dunne’s family album, a new light is shone on the life of his aunt, legendary writer Joan Didion.
Joan Didion Immerses Herself Into The Maelstrom
June 1, 1983
In 1983, Joan Didion travelled to El Salvador as a foreign correspondent and encountered the dark forces of political terror.