Joan Didion's first public reading of her work, Feb 1977 in San Francisco -The Poetry Center

Full-program video with downloadable audio option at Poetry Center Digital Archive: diva.sfsu.edu/collections/poe...
Joan Didion is introduced by Lewis MacAdams, director of The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, then reads from the opening chapter of A Book of Common Prayer. This first-ever public reading by Didion takes place February 23, 1977, in the César Chavez Student Union at SF State. The full-program video includes Didion reading all of part One, eleven chapters, of her new novel, then entertaining questions on her writing from the audience for an additional 20 minutes.
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[@marijamihailova7627]

Such a sweet sweet soul she was.

[@Don.Challenger]

Love that old style audio/video technician setup at the beginning, you seldom see that hands on tailored activity anymore or the special care that those there could also hear what they had come to see. Later we see some lighting changes and then (in consequence?) some mishandling of the camera work that only would affect us as the record viewing secondary audiences (and why you might want a least a two camera setup to allow better chance for a clean edit in such video recorded performance situations).

[@WilliamProudler]

such powerful words, then the end hits you