Let Me Tell You What I Mean: An Essay Collection

This collection of Joan Didion's early pieces offers an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary figure, showcasing her incisive reporting, empathetic gaze, and role as "an articulate witness to the most stubborn and intractable truths of our time" (The New York Times Book Review).

With a forward by Hilton Als, these twelve pieces from 1968 to 2000, never before gathered together, touch on topics ranging from newspapers ("the problem is not so much whether one trusts the news as to whether one finds it") to San Simeon and Martha Stewart.

In "Why I Write," Didion ponders the act of writing: "I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means." Each piece is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient.

This collection is a must-read for fans of Didion's work and anyone interested in the craft of writing and journalism.