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Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ shows a writer ahead of her time
- paulcole 6y agoGreat article! Love to see one of the best living American writers show up on HN.
- jspiral 6y agoJoan Didion is great, I would recommend Slouching Toward Bethlahem to anyone who isn't familiar with her yet. Her writing is precise and observant.
- l33tbro 6y ago> Oh, for Didion’s take on the Obama years. The alt-right. The Trump presidency Didion would have been far too clever to fall into this predictable culture war crap.
- stevewillows 6y agook, a heads up. If you read the book, skip the forward. It gives away a lot of details about the rest of the book. Nothing major, but there are a few notes that I wish I hadn't known ahead of time. The forward is nice, but I think it is better to read after you've completed the collection.