Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ shows a writer ahead of her time

Joan Didion is great, I would recommend Slouching Toward Bethlahem to anyone who isn't familiar with her yet. Her writing is precise and observant.

ok, a heads up.

If you read the book, skip the forward. It gives away a lot of details about the rest of the book. Nothing major, but there are a few notes that I wish I hadn't known ahead of time.

The forward is nice, but I think it is better to read after you've completed the collection.

Great article! Love to see one of the best living American writers show up on HN.

> Oh, for Didion’s take on the Obama years. The alt-right. The Trump presidency

Didion would have been far too clever to fall into this predictable culture war crap.