Joan Didion's first public reading of her work, Feb 1977 in San Francisco —The Poetry Center

Full-program video with downloadable audio option at Poetry Center Digital Archive: https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/poe...

Joan Didion is introduced by Lewis MacAdams, director of The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, then reads from the opening chapter of A Book of Common Prayer. This first-ever public reading by Didion takes place February 23, 1977, in the César Chavez Student Union at SF State. The full-program video includes Didion reading all of part One, eleven chapters, of her new novel, then entertaining questions on her writing from the audience for an additional 20 minutes.

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