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Appreciating Didion’s 1968 masterpiece<\/h2>

Teaching requires intimate knowledge of a piece of writing, immersion in its world. When it\u2019s great writing, this is a great pleasure. When it\u2019s Joan Didion-circa-1968, there is almost nowhere else I\u2019d rather be.<\/p>

\"a<\/figure>

Although often at odds with her conclusions, I adore Didion\u2019s word craft. At her best \u2014 and Slouching<\/em> is \u2014 nobody was better. <\/p>

There is also much to love in her unloveableness. She was judgmental, snobbish, frequently unkind (\u201cwriters are always selling someone out,\u201d she noted without apology); she was pessimistic, cranky and could be disingenuous. Sometimes she seemed to care more about words than people (entirely relatable). Always, she seemed to care little what others thought of her. <\/p>

Lili Anolik, author of the 2024 biography Didion & Babitz, <\/em>told the Guardian<\/a><\/em><\/p>

\u201cWhat I like about Joan is how extremely she wanted to be a great writer, more than she wanted anything else.\u201d<\/p><\/div>

That kind of ambition doesn\u2019t raise an eyebrow if linked to a man, but tends to be criticized as aggressive\/selfish\/excessive in a woman. More power to her. <\/p>

Though her detractors are often fiercer than her fans, I will always be the latter. Didion was a human version of Dickinson\u2019s slant of light<\/a>:<\/p>

We can find no scar<\/p>

But internal difference \u2014 <\/p>

Where the meanings, are<\/p><\/blockquote>

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