Really Good Read: Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Every American creative writing student has read her and every American creative writing student wants to be her.

I'm not sure how I made it through two English degrees and countless creative writing courses without being introduced to Joan Didion. It wasn't until I was long out of school and entered the writing community that I first read Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem. I was captivated. I mostly read it commuting on the city bus and it had the power to block out all other sounds and surroundings.

Listen to an interview with Didion here, or read a terrific article and interview in the Paris Review here.