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Book Review: Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

By Emily on January 24, 2024December 22, 2024

I long to write essays like Joan Didion

Posted in: 1960s, beatnik, blog, blogging, book lists, book recommendations, Book Reviews, books, essays, history, joan didion, Memoir, nonfiction, personal essays
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Book Review: Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion | SPOILER REVIEW

By Emily on December 21, 2023December 22, 2024

Play It As It Lays is one of those books I’ve always seen on recommendation lists with titles like “POV: you’re hot and sad.” So, of course, I decided to give it a read.

Posted in: beatnik, blog, blogging, book lists, book recommendations, book review, Book Reviews, books, Classics, english lit, joan didion, literature, philosophy, play it as it lays, reading, Writing
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