Lili Anolik’s Didion and Babitz takes a look at the fraught relationship between two iconic women of literature. Anolik joins us to talk about how she decided to tell this story, the literary landscape of LA, her influences and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.

This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    

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Featured Books (Episode):

Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik

Hollywood’s Eve by Lili Anolik

Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz

Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz

I Lost it at the Movies by Pauline Kael

The White Album by Joan Didion

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion

Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Run River by Joan Didion

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Frank Sinatra Has a Cold by Gay Talese

The Destroyers by Christopher Bollen

Howard’s End by E.M. Forster

The Western Coast by Paula Fox

The Lives of the Saints by Nancy Lemann