We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live

We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction is a 2006 collection of nonfiction by Joan Didion. It was released in the Everyman's Library, a series of reprinted classic literature, as one of the titles chosen to mark the series' 100th anniversary.[1] The title is taken from the opening line of Didion's essay "The White Album" in the book of the same name. We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live includes the full content of her first seven volumes of nonfiction. The contents range in style, including journalism, memoir, and cultural and political commentary.

We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live
First edition
AuthorJoan Didion
Cover artistJulian Wasser
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesEveryman's Library
GenreEssays
PublisherKnopf
Publication date
2006
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages1122 pp
ISBN0-307-26487-4
OCLC64594439

Critics noted that Didion's distinct literary voice, highlighted by John Leonard's introduction, is apparent throughout the collection. The Chicago Tribune review stated "even the slightest [of her work] tends to have at least a moment when her prose somehow modulates ... transfigures ... kicks the whole thing up a level."[2]

Contents
gollark: It *is* annoying how badly many countries' electoral systems are broken.
gollark: But they didn't really want to explicitly say as much because it would sound bad.
gollark: A plausible explanation I heard about the whole thing is that the Navy was assuming that it wouldn't go away for a while, and that the people on their ships were not very at risk of bad symptoms but also likely to get infected in large numbers and couldn't really be pulled out of service.
gollark: I too enjoy dying from easily preventable diseases.
gollark: Also,> The Calusa had a stratified society, consisting of "commoners" and "nobles" in Spanish terms. A few leaders governed the tribe. They were supported by the labor of the majority of the Calusa.

References
  1. Hale, Julie. Book review. Published December 2006. Accessed November 18, 2014.
  2. McLemee, Scott. Book review. Chicago Tribune. Published November 30, 2006. Accessed November 18, 2014.
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