Joan Didion

LEGEND

The first biography of Joan Didion falls far short of a definitive portrait of one of America’s greatest living writers—which is just the way the enigmatic Didion would want it.

Naming writer Joan Didion the face of Celine and veteran singer Joni Mitchell for a similar role at Saint Laurent corrects the norm that most fashion ads exclude older people.

Personally Universal

Joan Didion’s trailblazing nonfiction set a forbiddingly high standard, but a slew of idiosyncratic writers are proving that her example may be inimitable but it is also inspiring.

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