Who Is The Joan Didion Of Our Times?
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We have no shortage of hot takes on events of the day, writes Tracy Mayor. What I long for is a 10,000-foot view about where we’re heading as a nation.
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Joan Didion - Library of America
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Book review: Essay collection presents Joan Didion at her best
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Joan Didion Was Our Bard of Disenchantment - The Atlantic
The World According To Joan Didion - By Evelyn Mcdonnell (hardcover) : Target
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Who I Am From: The California of Joan Didion - FF2 Media
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Joan Didion Remains as Elusive as Ever inThe Last Love Song - LAmag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles
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Joan Didion Is The 'Ultimate Literary Celebrity' — But What Is It About Her Work That Speaks To So Many People?
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
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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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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, Paperback
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Joan Didion: What She Means
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Joan Didion Takes on the Political Establishment, Arts
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Joan Didion's Long View
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Joan Didion, Biography, Books, & Facts
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Hammer Museum to Open Joan Didion Exhibit in Los Angeles - The New York Times