Happy birthday, Joan Didion! Thanks for helping us make sense of it all.
On writing.
From "Why I Write"
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On the complicated act of remembering.
From Blue Nights
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On youth.
From Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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On the human condition.
From The Year Of Magical Thinking
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