Joan Didion made her mark on L.A. Here are 10 places she knew and loved ^56.7%

Los Angeles Times - By Tasbeeh Herwees - 3/11/2025, 10:00 AM

Ambiguity (Equivocation) 40.4% - Appeal to Authority 31.7% - Biased Writer Voice 23.3%

Joan Didion haunts Los Angeles. In January, as catastrophic fires ripped through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, Didion’s name became an echo on social media timelines as Angelenos shared and reshared her famous quotes about the Santa Ana winds. So much so that local literary critic Katie Kadue was moved to tweet, wryly, “I think I... more