Review of Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Didion’s clear and poignant reportage is always thrilling. Here, perhaps, her most famous pieces evoke a now-distant time when America was defined by resistance to war, and droves were trying out the Hippie lifestyle, spawning great protest music and a whole body of literature. Ranging from California, to New York, to Mexico, to Hawaii, the […]