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.

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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

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