Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96
Joan Dye Gussow, a nutritionist and educator who was often referred to as the matriarch of the “eat locally, think globally” food movement, died on Friday at her home in…
Joan Didion Knew the Stories We’d Tell About the Manson Murders
OUTSIDE of its famous first line — “we tell ourselves stories in order to live” — “The White Album” is most often cited in retellings of the era’s most notorious…
25 Years Ago, Joan Didion Kept a Diary. It’s About to Become Public.
In December 1999, around her 65th birthday, Joan Didion started writing a journal after sessions with her psychiatrist. Over the next year or so, she kept notes about their conversations,…
Joan Plowright, Award-Winning Actress and Olivier’s Widow, Dies at 95
Joan Plowright, a British actress who brought an innate dignity to her characters, whether she was playing an elegant, name-dropping dowager or a working-class teenager, died on Thursday in Northwood,…