Sarah Hepola
Articles tagged ‘Joan Didion’

December 25, 2021

Things Fall Apart: Thoughts on Joan Didion

On the master of precise prose, falling in love, and writing as an irrelevant act

My college boyfriend introduced me to Joan Didion. He gave me his dog-eared paperback of Slouching Toward Bethlehem. I remember turning to the picture of Joan on the back, young and pretty and serious. I remember the poetic allusion of the title that was lost on me, because I never read poetry.  “I really think . . . Read More