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Asha Sanaker's avatar

Always so happy when you appear in my inbox! I will confess that I've never read Didion, and it sure seems like I should. But like many authors with an expansive back catalogue, I often never get to it because I don't know where to start. Where would you start knowing what you know of her work now?

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Sara Campbell's avatar

Hi Asha, I feel the same about your newsletter! I'd just start with one of her essay collections -- Slouching Toward Bethlehem is my favorite and contains On Self Respect along with On Keeping a Notebook, In Bed, and other classics I return to over and over.

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Asha Sanaker's avatar

Thank you! I'll make it a late birthday present to myself.

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B.A. Lampman's avatar

Pardon my intrusion here, but thought you might like to know that The New York Times published a guide to Didion's books: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/books/books-by-joan-didion.html

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Asha Sanaker's avatar

Thank you!

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B.A. Lampman's avatar

You are welcome 🙂

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Kevin Maguire's avatar

Loved that tweet about the moth. Has been my guiding principle so far in 2022.

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B.A. Lampman's avatar

RIP Joan Didion 😥. Thanks for another thoughtful post.

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Sara Campbell's avatar

Thank you, B.A!

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STEPHANIE ROSS's avatar

wow! i long for this newsletter! thanks for articulating things so difficult to pin down to words!

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Sara Campbell's avatar

Thank you, Steph -- your being here means the world <3

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Vanessa Labi's avatar

A great reminder to re-read On Self Respect! And to dig deep.

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Sara Campbell's avatar

Thank you, Vanessa!

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Lyle McKeany's avatar

HNY, Sara! I have that same feeling about 2021: mostly good for me, mostly bad on a macro level. We’re gonna get up to ALL the things in 2022

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Sara Campbell's avatar

Yes!!! To all of that, and all of the things!

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