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Digested week: Murdoch’s dumping will give Trump the hump

Ex-US president tries to reclaim the unhinged ‘stable genius’ as a joke – and a small part of me thinks good luck to him

The Guardian - UK

‘Pull back the shroud of mystery’: Joan Didion’s revealing estate sale

The often secretive author’s belongings will be available to bid for at an expansive and eye-opening auction

The Guardian - US

Joan Didion estate sale features author’s notebooks, sunglasses, typewriter

The auction, titled ‘An American Icon: Property from the Collection of Joan Didion’ will take place at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York, and online Nov. 16.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Michael Hiltzik: Britain's prime minister followed the GOP's economic plan. She lost her job in record time

Fox Business talking head Larry Kudlow was over the moon on Sept. 23.

Los Angeles Times

Hundreds gather for Joan Didion tribute Wednesday night

Joan Didion, a master of rhythm and of the meaning of the unsaid, was remembered Wednesday as an inspiring and fearless writer and valued, exacting and sometimes eccentric friend

The Independent UK

The Secret History turns 30: the enduring cult appeal of Donna Tartt’s campus novel

Why has no one made ‘The Secret History’ into a film? And does Donna Tartt really take her pet pugs everywhere? Three decades since it was published, Katie Rosseinsky looks at the novel’s legacy

The Independent UK

Betty Gilpin vs "implanted patriarchy"

On "Salon Talks" the "GLOW" star discusses her reassuring memoir "All the Women in My Brain" and mental health

Salon

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Everything in Aaron Judge’s Career Led Him to This Historic Season

After years of work and study, the Yankees’ slugger is a hitting master coming into his own at the right time.

Sports Illustrated

Belvoir's Tell Me I'm Here looks at the impact of mental illness on the whole family. It is a wrenching and beautiful work

Review: Tell Me I’m Here, directed by Leticia Cáceres, Belvoir.

The Conversation

California's Drought Is an Infrastructure Problem

California should build infrastructure, not shame water users.

Reason

‘Whatever the zeitgeist was at the time, he was at the center’: the incredible life of Earl McGrath

The record producer and man of many other cultural hats left behind a treasure trove of rare recordings that are finally seeing the light of day

The Guardian - US

Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview; Joan Didion: The Last Interview review – crafty to the end

In these revealing late-life chats, the two doyennes of US journalism display all the acuity and intellectual toughness that made them household names

The Guardian - UK

Does life feel too predictable? Why not let some wildness in

Reboot your sense of adventure with Cookie Mueller’s stories about her extraordinary life

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Bird has "Inside Problems" too

Salon talks to the indie pop storyteller about his creative process and being inspired by Joan Didion

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The Guardian - AU

Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper review – an extraordinary treasure of hope and grief

The acclaimed author seeks ‘the perfect children’s picture book of death’ to help her sons – and herself – come to terms with their father’s illness

The Conversation

Friday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling

Writers can’t always be trusted when they talk about the power and importance of story. We have a vested interest and can get sentimental, promoting the immense power of story, of narrative, as inherently benign.

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