In this essay, the author describes being visited by a high school classmate who claims to be a member of the "Dickless Tracys," a group of female private detectives. While driving a Rent-A-Car from Sacramento to San Francisco, the speaker of this es
In this essay, the author describes being visited by a high school classmate who claims to be a member of the "Dickless Tracys," a group of female private detectives. While driving a Rent-A-Car from Sacramento to San Francisco, the speaker of this essay blasts the radio to avoid remembering the phrase "petals on a wet black bough." This essay's opening paragraph contains statements like "the princess is caged in the consulate" and "the man with the candy will lead the children into the sea." This essay includes a reprint of the author's (*) psychiatric report from her hospitalization for vertigo. The title essay of a collection that includes "Notes Toward a Dreampolitik" and a set of essays about the "California Republic," this work describes a recording session by The Doors and the author's friendship with Linda Kasabian, a witness testifying against the Manson Family. It opens, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." For 10 points, name this Joan Didion essay named for a Beatles album. 
In this essay, the author describes being visited by a high school classmate who claims to be a member of the "Dickless Tracys," a group of female private detectives.
"The  White Album"