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Just ahead of Christmas it was very sad to hear of the passing of Joan Didion.
She lived a long and extraordinary life and wrote so beautifully, so dutifully also. She was a chronicler of times, putting art into journalism, putting her life down on the page alongside all she captured.
She’s been one of the most important writers in my life – and there is …
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