Amistad (slave ship)
Amsterdam News
Anderson, Jack
Andrews, Julie
Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
Annenberg, Lee
Annie Hall
Another City, Not My Own (Dunne, D.)
Answered Prayers (Capote)
anti-Communism
anti-Semitism
Apollo 1
Apple, Billy
The Apple
Arbusto Energy
The Armies of the Night (Mailer)
Arnett, Peter
Artforum
Arthur Freed Orchids
arts, visual
Didion’s perspective on
Ash Wednesday
Astor, John Jacob, IV
Atkins, Susan
Atlacatl Battalion (El Salvador)
The Atlantic Monthly
Atlas, James
atomic tests, Pacific
Auden, W. H.
Austen, Jane
Authors Guild
Avco-Embassy
Babitz, Eve
Babitz, Mirandi
Bachardy, Don
Baez, Joan
Bailey, F. Lee
Bainton, Lem
Baker, Ginger
Baldwin, Jimmy
Bancroft Library, Berkeley
Bancroft, Mary
Banker, Steve
Bank of Credit & Commerce
Bantam Books
Barbizon Hotel for Women, New York
Barnard College, New York
Barnes, Djuna
Barthelme, Donald
Bates, Charles
Bath, James R.
Batista, Fugencio
Baudelaire, Charles
Bay of Pigs
the Beach Boys
the Beatles
the Beat Movement
Beattie, Ann
Beatty, Warren
Beckett, Samuel
Bedtime for Bonzo
Beers, David
Bellow, Saul
The Bell Jar (Plath)
Bennington College, Vermont
Benson, Corrine
Bergman, Ingrid
Berkeley College. See University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley Gazette
Berkeley, George
“Berkeley’s Giant: The University of California” (Didion)
Berman, Jeffrey
Bernhardt, Michael
Bernstein, Carl
The Bevatron (particle accelerator)
Bianchini, Paul
Billboard
bin Laden, Salem
bin Mahfouz, Khalid
Birillo, Ben
Biskind, Peter
Bisset, Jacqueline
the Bistro, Beverly Hills
Black Cultural Association
Black Dahlia
Black, Gertrude
Black, Joe
Black Panthers
Blackwell, Betsy Talbot
Blake, William
Bloomingdale, Betsy
Blue Nights (Didion)
approach to
on parenting skills
on Quintana’s adoption
on Quintana’s birth family
on Quintana’s depression
on Quintana’s maturation
Blue Sky Dream, Sputnik (Beers)
Blum, David
Bob (Didion boyfriend)
The Body in Pain (Scarry)
Bogart, Humphrey
Bonanza
Bonner, Raymond
A Book of Common Prayer (Didion)
characters, basis of, in
narrative of
reception of
themes of
titling of
voice of
Book World
Bork, Robert
The Boston Globe
Bourke-White, Margaret
Bouvier, Jacqueline. See Onassis, Jacqueline Bouvier
Bowles, Jane
Boyle, Peter
The Boys in the Band
Braman, Sandra
Brand, Stewart
Brandt, Carl
Braudy, Susan
Brenda (cousin)
Breslin, Jimmy
Breslin, Rosemary
Briffault, Herman
Brinkley David
Broder, David
Brokaw, Tom
Brown, Barbara
Brown, Jerry
Brown, Nicole
Brown, Pat
Brown, Tina
Brussell, Mae
Bryan, C. D. B.
Bryant, Bear
Bryant, Kobe
Buckley, Priscilla
Buckley, William F., Jr.
Buddhism
Buffalo Springfield
Bugliosi, Vincent
the Bummers (band)
Bunshaft, Gordon
“The Burdens of Biography” (Schorer)
Burg, William
Burroughs, William
Burroway, Janet
Burton, Richard
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Abu Ghraib scandal and
9/11 attacks and
Bush v. Gore
Businessweek
Butler, Phyllis
Butts, Calvin O.
Byck, Samuel
the Byrds
Cain, James M.
California. See also Hollywood; University of California, Berkeley
as America’s infrastructure model
Delano
grape workers’ strike in
Inland Empire in
Latin ties to
nostalgia tied to
Sacramento Valley in
San Francisco
transformation/history of
California’s El Dorado Yesterday and Today (Jerrett)
Calley, William L., Jr.
Camellia Society, Sacramento
Campbell, Mary
Canby, Vincent
Cannes Film Festival
Cannon, Lou
Cantwell, Mary
Capone, Al
Capote, Truman
Captain Newman, M.D.
Carby, Norman
Caron, Leslie
Caro, Robert
Carroll, Jon
Cartagena Film Festival
Carter, Graydon
Carter, Jimmy
Casey, Constance
Cassini, Oleg
Castro, Fidel
Cat Ballou
Catch-22
Catullus
CB Commercial
Céline
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Abu Ghraib and
Bay of Pigs and
Cuban exile movement ties to
LSD experimentation by
Symbionese Liberation Army ties to
Central Park Jogger assault
Cerf, Bennett
Chaffee, Roger
Champlin, Charles
Chandler, Dorothy Buffum
Chandler, Harry
Chandler, Raymond
Chaney, James
Chaplin, Charlie
Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles
Chavez, Cesar
mechanization’s impact and
RFK’s support of
Cheever, John
Cheney, Dick
Chicago (band)
Chicago, Judy
Chicago Sun-Times
Chilly Scenes of Winter (Beattie)
CHiPs
Christa and Jeann-Claud
The Christian Science Monitor
Chrysler Theatre
CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
Cinque (SLA). See DeFreeze, Donald
Cinqué, Joseph (Sengbe Pich)
Citizen Kane
The City Sun
Civil Rights Act
Civil Society Project
C. K. McClatchy Senior High School, Sacramento
Clinton, Bill
impeachment hearings for
cocaine
cartels
Cocks, Jay
Cohen, Allen
Cohen, Sidney
Coldwell Banker
Color in Your Garden (Hobhouse)
Colton, Larry
Columbia, David Patrick
Columbia Spectator
Come Back, Dr. Caligari (Barthelme)
“Coming Home” (Didion)
narrative of
Commonweal
The Community Builder’s Handbook
Condit, Gary
Congressional Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
Connolly, Anna
Conrad, Joseph
Cooper, Amy
Coplans, John
Cork, Bruce
Cornwall, Josephus Adamson
Cornwall, Nancy Hardin
Cosmopolitan
Cowley, Malcolm
Crawford, Cindy
Creative Artists Agency
Crosby, David
Crowe, Cameron
Crowley, Mart
Cuban exile community, Miami
Cukor, George
culture. See also Vietnam War; specific branches
anti-Semitism in
the Beat Movement in
conspiracies’ impact on
disguised narratives in
gender bias in
global events shaping
Hollywood
LSD’s impact on
movies in
music
political
racism in
underground press in
visual arts in
writing style influenced by
Cunningham, Michael
Cuomo, Mario
Curtis, Tony
Daily Californian (Berkeley)
Daily World
d’Aubuisson, Roberto
Daum, Meghan
Daves, Jessica
Davidson, Sara
Davies, Russell
Davis, Belva
Davis, Bette
Davis, Gray
Davis, Martin
Davison, Peter
Dawson, Pic
DBA Company
A Death in the Family (Agee)
Death of a Salesman
de Beauvoir, Simone
Deemer, Earl
The Deer Park (Mailer)
DeFreeze, Donald (Cinque)
de Garis, Kirsty
Degnan, Suzanne
de Kooning, Willem
Delano (Dunne, J.)
reception of
Delman, Sue
Delta King (riverboat)
Democracy (Adams)
Democracy (Didion)
characters, basis of, in
foreign rights to
point of view in
reception of
research of
themes/narrative of
Democratic Party
centrist moves by
Demy, Jacques
The Denver Quarterly
Desmond, Jim
Des Pres, Terrence
Diaghilev, Serge
Dialogue Conspiracy (KLRB)
The Diary of a Mad Housewife
Dickey, Christopher
Dickey, James
Dickinson, Emily
The Dictionary of Literary Biography
Didion, Eduene Jerrett (mother)
death of
Didion’s childhood and
granddaughter’s relationship with
influence of
Didion, Ethel Mira Reese
Didion, Frank (father)
alcohol use by
anti-Semitism and
background of
breakdown of
death of
gambling by
granddaughter’s relationship with
military service of
Didion, Genevieve
Didion, J. Frank
Didion, Jim (brother)
profession of
Didion, Joan. See also works, Didion; writing style, Didion
academic appointments of
acting, love of, by
alcohol use by
awards presented to
as Berkeley lecturer
as Berkeley student
birth of
California relocation, 1964, by
Central Park Jogger coverage by
childhood of
as Commonweal contributor
daughter’s adoption by
daughter’s death and
daughter’s mental health and
Delano contributions by
drug use by
Dunne’s courtship of
Dunne’s death and
Dunne’s marriage to
editors, book, of
as Esquire contributor
father’s death and
gender bias and
health, mental, of
health, physical, of
homophobia and
influences on
as Life contributor
as Mademoiselle contributor
as Mademoiselle guest editor
migraines experienced by
miscarriages and
mother’s death and
movie reviews by
as National Review contributor
as The Nation contributor
New York relocation, 1956, by
New York relocation, 1988, by
as New York Review of Books contributor
as Occident editor
Parmentel’s relationship with
political leanings of
pregnancy attempts and
product endorsements by
publisher shifts by
Reagan, Nancy, profile by
real estate company of
religious/spiritual observations by
Robbins’s death and
as Saturday Evening Post contributor
screen writing by
smoking by
as Vogue contributor
weight struggles by
WW II relocating by
Didion, Pearl
Didion, Robert
Diem, Ngo Dinh
Dietrich, Marlene
Di Giorgio, Robert
Dine, Jim
Distinguished Contribution to American Letters medal
Dixon, Mike “Willard”
Dixon, Trudy
Dr. Dolittle. See also The Studio
Dodger Stadium
“Domination of Black” (Stevens)
Dominican Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, New York
Dominick Dunne: After the Party
Donadio, Rachel
Donleavy, J. P.
Donner Party
Donner, Tamsen
Dooley, Tom
the Doors
The Doors of Perception (Huxley)
Dostoyevsky
Double Indemnity
Down and Out in Paris and London (Orwell)
Dreiser, Theodore
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter
Dropped Names (Langella)
D’Souza, Dinesh
Duchamp, Marcel
Dunn, Ben
Dunne, Alex
Dunne, Dominick “Nick”
arrest of
Condit lawsuit against
daughter’s murder and
death of
divorce of
documentary on
drug use by
Dunne, Greg, death and
Dunne, Greg, estrangement from
Dunne, Stephen, suicide and
films produced by
health of
Hollywood’s evolution and
New York relocation, 1979, by
rehabilitation of
sexuality of
Skakel case and
suicidal thoughts by
Vanity Fair contributions by
Dunne, Dominique
acting by
death of
Dunne, Ellen Beatriz Griffin “Lenny”
daughter’s death and
death of
Dunne, Griffin
acting by
father’s death and
Dunne, Harriet
Dunne, John Gregory “Greg”
alcohol use by
background of
California relocation, 1964, by
daughter’s adoption by
death of
Delano by
Didion courtship by
Didion’s marriage to
Dunne, Nick, estrangement from
Dunne, Stephen, suicide and
Dutch Shea, Jr. by
as Esquire contributor
Harp by
health issues of
“The Humboldt Murders” by
Monster: Living Off the Big Screen by
mother’s death and
New York relocation, 1988, by
as New York Review of Books contributor
Nothing Lost by
Playland by
“Quintana” by
The Red White and Blue by
as Saturday Evening Post contributor
screen writing by
sexuality of
Show Me a Hero by
The Studio by
Time contributions by
“Tinsel” by
True Confessions by
Vegas by
Vietnam reporting by
Dunne, Quintana Roo (daughter)
adoption of
alcohol/drug use by
birth family’s reunion with
care giving, by family, of
as character/theme in writings
death of
depression of
education of
father’s death and
health issues of
marriage of
maturation of
naming of
nightmares, recurring, by
parental marriage issues and
photography by
rehabilitation stays by
writing by
Dunne, Richard
Dunne, Stephen
death of
Dunne, Tony
Dunne, Virginia
Dutch Shea, Jr. (Dunne, J.)
Dutton Books
Dylan, Bob
Dylan, Jesse
Earhart, Amelia
“East Coker” (Eliot)
East Village Other
Easy Rider
Eberly, Don
Echols, Alice
Edelman, Peter
Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Education of Henry Adams (Adams)
Eisenhower, Dwight
Eisner, Michael
“Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test”
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (Wolfe)
Eliot, George
Eliot, T. S.
Elle Décor
Elliot, Cass
Ellis, Bret Easton
El Salvador
body dump in
El Mozote massacre in
Emerson, William
The End of the Battle (Waugh)
“Endymion” (Keats)
England, Lynndie
Enola Gay (aircraft)
Ephron, Amy
Ephron, Nora
Epstein, Barbara
Epstein, Jason
Erskine, Howard
Erskine, Lou
Ertegün, Ahmet
Ertegün, Mica
Esquire
Didion contributions to
Europe’s Last Summer (Fromkin)
Evans, Harry
Evans, Robert
Evans, Walker
Everett, Rupert
Eve’s Hollywood (Babitz)
Ewer, E. C.