the white album (1979) by joan didion. 1968: a random collage of events “…an attack of vertigo...
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The White Album (1979)
By Joan Didion
1968: A random collage of events“…an attack of vertigo and nausea doesn’t seem to me an inappropriate
response to the summer of 1968.” (Didion)
• Jan: Battle of Khe Sanh, Tet Offensive• Jan-August: Prague Spring• March 16: My Lai massacre• April 2: 2001: A Space Odyssey opens• April 4: MLK, Jr. assassinated• May: Paris student protests; widespread strikes• June 3: Andy Warhol shot, wounded• June 5: RFK assassinated• Nov. 14: Yale Uni admits women
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (1966)by Joyce Carol Oates
“Las Meninas” (1656) Velázquez
“Lost in the Funhouse” (1968)by John Barth
Parmigianino, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” (1524)