Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Joan Didion
Born: December 5, 1934
Died: December 23, 2021 (aged 87)
Bio: Joan Didion was an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation.
Known for:
- The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968)
- The White Album (1979)
- Blue Nights (2011)
- Play It as It Lays (1970)
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