Joan Didion and the Courage to Say What You Mean

Obituary for Joan Didion, who died December 23 at age 87. Didion wrote The White Album, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Year of Magical Thinking, and more. She lost her husband and daughter in rapid succession. Her nephew was Griffin Dunne.

Joan Didion and the Courage to Say What You Mean

Year of Magical Thinking' captures woman seeking peace amid the pain of loss – Orange County Register

Living at Xanadu: Ten writers muse on Joan Didion's literary legacy

Her Back Pages

On Manliness and Joan Didion Letters to the Catholic Right

Joan Didion on Self-Respect – The Marginalian

Joan Didion's Essay on The Shopping Center, A Great American Thing

Thinking of Joan Didion: Dec. 5, 1934 – Dec. 23, 2021

Joan Didion on Storytelling, the Economy of Words, and Facing Rejection – The Marginalian

Joan Didion Academy of Achievement

The Things I'm Afraid to Write About - The Atlantic

On Self-Respect: Joan Didion's 1961 Essay from the Pages of Vogue

The Year of Magical Thinking Adaptation Audible Original by Joan Didion