How Joan Didion Changed the Way We Think About the Personal Essay
Quick take: Joan Didion didn’t invent the personal essay, but she fundamentally altered what it could do. By…
Quick take: Joan Didion didn’t invent the personal essay, but she fundamentally altered what it could do. By…
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You’re walking through a dusty secondhand bookstore, shelves towering over you, the scent of old paper and ink…