{"product_id":"i-write-to-find-out-what-i-am-thinking-collected-nonfiction-hardcover","title":"I Write to Find Out What I Am Thinking: Collected Nonfiction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Didion\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGriffin Dunne\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis second hardcover omnibus edition of Didion's collected nonfiction contains her final four books: \u003ci\u003eBlue Nights, South and West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean, \u003c\/i\u003eand her bestselling and most famous work, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her essay \"Why I Write\" (included in this volume), Joan Didion explained what lies behind her iconic nonfiction writing: \"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means.\" Across her long and prolific career, readers have been blessed time and again by her brilliance as a prose stylist and a social commentator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom her unforgettable reckonings with grief (for her husband in \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e and for her daughter in \u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e), to her exploration of two iconic regions of America in \u003ci\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/i\u003e, through the indelible pieces of reporting collected from across her career in \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean\u003c\/i\u003e, the books collected here show Didion at her best: bearing witness to our history, illuminating our culture, and shedding light on the human condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOAN DIDION (1934-2021) was born in Sacramento, California. She wrote five novels and ten nonfiction books, as well as co-authoring screenplays with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, for \u003ci\u003eThe Panic in Needle Park, Play It as It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Star is Born\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. In 2007, she was awarded the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2013, she was awarded a National Medal of Arts and Humanities by President Barack Obama, and the PEN Center USA's Lifetime Achievement Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Introducer: \u003c\/b\u003e GRIFFIN DUNNE is an actor, film producer, and director. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in \u003ci\u003eAfter Hours. \u003c\/i\u003eFilms he has directed include \u003ci\u003eAddicted to Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJoan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold\u003c\/i\u003e, a documentary about his aunt.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.27 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52696952144179,"sku":"9780593992210","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/jYLvaEWsCD9780593992210.webp?v=1763124867","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/i-write-to-find-out-what-i-am-thinking-collected-nonfiction-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}