How to Live More Like Joan Didion
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As a new documentary about the literary legend arrives on Netflix, we consider five ways to channel her strength, style and candour
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Joan Didion set a singular standard for women writers (and readers) - The Washington Post
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Joan Didion for sale: the auction of the author's belongings reveals the grand fiction of her image
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Joan Didion's Estate Sale Items Paint a Picture of Her Life - The New York Times
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Joan Didion Wrote 'Play It as It Lays' During Unusual Eve Babitz Friendship
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Joan Didion Doesn't Owe the World Anything: Documentary Review - The Atlantic
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Planting a Tree Is Not a Way of Life
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On Not Being Joan Didion. Didion lives deep, lets herself off the…, by Beth Andrix Monaghan, Pretends Everything is Fine
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Joan Didion Quote: “I would like to give her more. I would like to promise her that she will grow up with a sense of her cousins and of rive”
How To Pack Like Joan Didion
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Joan Didion and the Voice of America
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How to Live Like Joan Didion With 11 Products Inspired by Her Estate Sale
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Who Is Joan Didion On Going Home
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Joan Didion and the Courage to Say What You Mean
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How To Write Like Joan Didion – Qwiklit
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Remembering Joan Didion ‹ Literary Hub