Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ Offers Plenty Of ‘Journalistic Gold’

Joan Didion attends The American Theatre Wing

What’s particularly salient in this book of previously uncollected essays is Didion’s trademark farsightedness — especially striking decades later. But it does leave one wishing to hear from her now.

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What’s particularly salient in this book of previously uncollected essays is Didion’s trademark farsightedness — especially striking decades later. But it does leave one wishing to hear from her now.