![]() ![]() She can’t quite place her finger on it, but she starts to notice something odd about the meeting. One of my favorite pieces in the collection is about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting Didion attended in Gardena, California in 1968. “This is a denial of the idea of fiction, just as the publication of unfinished work is a denial of the idea that the role of the writer in his or her work is to make it.” In “Last Words”, written in 1998, Didion defends the wishes of Ernest Hemingway, who did not want his unfinished work to be published: Some of the early pieces written in the sixties are still very relevant today-things like how the big news outlets are untrustworthy, or how damaging it is for parents to micromanage their kids’ lives. She is straightforward, but allows her subject to make her point, especially when examining unusual parts of the American life we take for granted. ![]() I remember reading Slouching Towards Bethlehem in high school, and after hearing of her passing, I knew I wanted to revisit her writing.ĭidion has a very distinct voice. The book contains twelve essays ranging throughout Didion’s career that have not previously been collected. Let Me Tell You What I Mean, by Joan Didion, was published last year shortly before the author’s death. ![]()
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