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‘The Friday Afternoon Club’ Review: Growing Up Dunne
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoThe actor Griffin Dunne grew up amid storytelling royalty: his father, Dominick; his uncle, John Gregory Dunne; and his aunt, Joan Didion.
Review | Francine Prose’s first memoir spares no one, including herself
Washington Post· 2 days agoTitled “1974...Russo, who, with Daniel Ellsberg, copied and leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 to...
The True Story Behind 'The Bikeriders'
Time via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhen first published in the late 1960s, Lyon’s photobook was an exciting example of New Journalism, the American...movement made famous by Tom Wolfe,...
27 Best Memoirs: Unforgettable Stories That Inspire
Biography via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOur list of the best memoirs includes first-person insight into someone else’s life, with some of the best by Michelle Obama, Anthony Bourdain, and more.
‘The Bikeriders’ Review: Easy Riders, Easy Watching
Esquire· 5 days agoFor a film about the rough and tumble lives of motorcyclists, perhaps it was inevitable that The Bikeriders had a circuitous route to our cinema screens....
Griffin Dunne on His Fascinating, Complicated Family, His ‘Hilarious’ Friendship With Carrie Fisher...
Variety via AOL· 6 days agoGriffin Dunne’s family has done so many larger-than-life, unbelievable things that when the...
Diane Oliver’s Fiction From Both Sides of the Color Line
The Nation· 7 days agoHow do you make art about racism? Neighbors, then, is that troublesome artifact: an artist’s...
Purcell: Government largesse for writers
The Longview News-Journal· 4 days agoDuring the Great Depression, the government established the Works Progress Administration. As part of the Federal Writers’ Project, nearly 7,000 writers...
Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir
The Day· 3 days ago, to acting class with Linda Lovelace, and smoking weed with Dennis Hopper. The actor, producer and director infuses the book with humor, but also covers the tragic aspects ...
