{"id":1929,"date":"2012-01-06T19:45:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T00:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2012-01-06T19:45:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T00:45:11","slug":"joan-didion-on-her-latest-book-blue-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billdawers.com\/2012\/01\/06\/joan-didion-on-her-latest-book-blue-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Didion on her latest book &#8220;Blue Nights&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* 468 x 60 Banner bottom *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3159198192\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\nAnother great <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/art\/blog\/2012\/01\/conversation-joan-didion.html\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> by the Newshour&#8217;s Jeffrey Brown, this time with Joan Didion, who has written some really extraordinary works over a span of 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Blue Lights<\/em>, Didion explores the death of her daughter Quintana Roo at age 39.  <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the interview:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FjVth8b2_R4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s Didion reading from the new book:<br \/>\n<center><object width = \"514\" height = \"290\" ><param name = \"movie\" value = \"http:\/\/www-tc.pbs.org\/s3\/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" ><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"width=514&#038;height=290&#038;video=2184229878&#038;player=viral&#038;end=0&#038;lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param ><param name = \"allowscriptaccess\" value = \"always\" ><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param ><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #808080; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 512px;\">Watch <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/video\/2184229878\" target=\"_blank\">Joan Didion Reads From &#8216;Blue Nights&#8217;<\/a> on PBS. See more from <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/\" target=\"_blank\">PBS NewsHour.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"e26b170012445c56d240655bdd03f7bf\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:4px 0 4px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5595881567027133\";\r\n\/* Another large rectangle *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0042810896\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Didion reads from her new book &#8220;Blue Nights&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width = \"514\" height = \"290\" ><param name = \"movie\" value = \"http:\/\/www-tc.pbs.org\/s3\/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" ><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"width=514&#038;height=290&#038;video=2184229878&#038;player=viral&#038;end=0&#038;lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param ><param name = \"allowscriptaccess\" value = \"always\" ><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param ><embed src=\"http:\/\/www-tc.pbs.org\/s3\/pbs.videoportal-prod.cdn\/media\/swf\/PBSPlayer.swf\" flashvars=\"width=514&#038;height=290&#038;video=2184229878&#038;player=viral&#038;end=0&#038;lr_admap=in:warnings:0;in:pbs:0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"514\" height=\"290\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #808080; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 512px;\">Watch <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/video.pbs.org\/video\/2184229878\" target=\"_blank\">Joan Didion Reads From &#8216;Blue Nights&#8217;<\/a> on PBS. 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