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‘The Friday Afternoon Club’ Review: Growing Up Dunne
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoThe actor Griffin Dunne grew up amid storytelling royalty: his father, Dominick; his uncle, John Gregory Dunne; and his aunt, Joan Didion.
The True Story Behind 'The Bikeriders'
Time via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhile Lyon never granted...Journalism, the American literary movement made famous by Tom Wolfe, Truman Capote, and Joan Didion, which blurred the lines...
How Dominick Dunne Invented the Way We Read About the Rich
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe storytellers in his family included his uncle, the journalist John Gregory Dunne, and his aunt,...
Review | Francine Prose’s first memoir spares no one, including herself
Washington Post· 21 hours agoAfter publishing 22 novels and eight nonfiction books, including the 2006 bestseller “Reading Like a...
The week's bestselling books, June 23
LA Times via AOL· 4 days agoThe Artist's Way by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee: $19) 4. Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 5. World Travel by...
Griffin Dunne on His Joyful and Tragic Family Memoir
New York Times· 2 days agoIn “The Friday Afternoon Club,” the actor and director recalls his years growing up around performers, writers and the Hollywood set.
Griffin Dunne on His Fascinating, Complicated Family, His ‘Hilarious’ Friendship With Carrie Fisher...
Variety via Yahoo News· 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· 6 days agoHow do you make art about racism? Neighbors, then, is that troublesome artifact: an artist’s...
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.
Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir
The Day· 2 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 ...
