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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.

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1 The White Album (1979) By Joan Didion

2 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

3 “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (1966) by Joyce Carol Oates

4 “Las Meninas” (1656) Velázquez “Lost in the Funhouse” (1968) by John Barth

5 Parmigianino, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” (1524)

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