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THE MEMOIRS OF JOAN DIDION (H361)

H – Literature

Join me to discover or revisit the late writer and cultural icon Joan Didion’s background and memoirs — The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights — for an informative program on memoir, memory, loss, aging, and healing through writing. Didion brought decades of critical reportage, a keen eye for the telling detail, surgical precision with language, and a reputation for being a “cool character” in her journey to endure the hardest of all human endeavors: saying goodbye to those we love.

This offering meets for a total of 8 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Jo-Ann Vega

VEGA, JO-ANN — M.A., human resource management and development, New School University, New York. Award-winning author poet and dynamic speaker with more than 30 years’ experience presenting to academic, business and community groups. A lifelong learner, educator and devotee of journaling. (H361)

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