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the book cover for play, fast lays by joan didion and john d'addon

Play It as It Lays is a novel written by Joan Didion, first published by Farrar Straus & Giroux in 1970 with a book jacket designed by Janet Halverson. Bantam’s paperback edition followed in July 1971. The uncredited designer adopted the snake from Halverson’s design, but

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a woman laying on top of a green chair in front of a window with the words play it as it lays

Everyone knows the old, "don't judge a book by its cover," mantra. But, of course, that's easier said than done, especially when you're actually trying to decide which book to read. How can you help it? When faced with a bookstore stocked with…

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On Reading Joan Didion— Seeing a resurgence of posts about The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and while you should definitely read that (I read it and Play it as it Lays feverishly in the summer of 2019 and her writing changed my life which is a pretty basic thing to say but sue me!) I’d mostly like to try to convince you to keep a notebook just like Joan convinced me in her essay On Keeping a Notebook 🫶🏻 Reading Joan Didion is full of those “wow life changes but it also really…

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