Eve Babitz, Joan Didion

Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, celebrity writers whose friendship soured
Lili Anolik’s “Didion & Babitz” is a sparkling and ardent look at the conflicting sensibilities of two iconic Californians
Searching for the Ghosts of Joan Didion, Eve Babitz, and Old-Hollywood Glamour at the Chateau Marmont
You’d be hard-pressed to find a person (well, maybe besides Ryan Murphy) who loves a feud more than I do. To quote Marie Kondo, “I love mess,” and said mess is all the more intriguing to me when it involves two extremely wry and fabulous West Coats writers.
When Joan and Eve were pals: ‘Didion & Babitz’ explores the unlikely bond between two seminal L.A. writers
Lili Anolik turns a cache of letters between Joan Didion and Eve Babitz into a book about the unlikely friendship between two seminal L.A. writers before they went their separate ways.
Joan Didion Biographer Is as Unsparing as She Was: “I’m Just Trying to See Her Plain”
Lili Anolik, who’s unearthed Eve Babitz and exposed Donna Tartt, now strips the sentiment which has gathered around one of Hollywood’s most beloved writers: “Joan was often telling the truth about herself,
Are You More Joan Didion or Eve Babitz?
In the Literary It-girl universe, there is no larger chasm than that between Joan Didion acolytes and Eve Babitz fanatics. Which one are you?
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Were Joan Didion and Eve Babitz really two sides of the same coin?
Once Anolik completed “Hollywood’s Eve,” she hoped the book would serve as a kind of “auto-exorcism” closing the chapter on her decades-long obsession with an L.A. icon. But Didion, ever a powerful influence, brought Anolik back.
How Joan Didion & Eve Babitz’s Love-Hate Relationship Shaped L.A. Literature
In ‘Didion & Babitz,’ journalist Lili Anolik unpacks the volatile yet symbiotic relationship between two literary icons.
Didion and Babitz
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‘Didion & Babitz’ Author Lili Anolik Isn’t Into the Literary It Girl, But She Loves a Scene
Scenes are whole worlds, but worlds need creation myths, and Anolik has made a career out of writing those creation myths.
Why ‘Didion & Babitz’ author warns readers: Don’t be a baby
Lili Anolik’s dual biography of Joan Didion and Eve Babitz makes a compelling case that the literary icons weren’t just ...
Didion & Babitz: How Two Of LA’s Finest Writers Handled Hollywood
Eve Babitz, the “dowager groupie” who wrote Slow Days, Fast Company and was known for her relationships with the likes of The ...
Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion
In 2019. Vanity Fair contributing editor Lili Anolik published “Hollywood’s Eve.” The biography, based on an earlier article ...
Letters of a Literary Titan Read by Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Roberts and More
An event at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont celebrated an upcoming book about Eve Babitz and Joan Didion, two writers who documented ...