The Last Love Song

by Tracy Daugherty

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

  the Daisy, Beverly Hills

  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)

  Doyle, William

  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.