[HN Gopher] Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan Didion (1967)
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       Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan Didion (1967)
        
       Author : jxmorris12
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2026-01-21 17:36 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | Amorymeltzer wrote:
       | I highly recommend the book of the same title--a collection of
       | her essays. I read it year or two ago, and it's excellent:
       | gorgeous writing, and definitely a touchstone of the time. "I
       | think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the
       | people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or
       | not," from "On Keeping a Notebook," is something I think about a
       | lot.
       | 
       | The essay itself is, of course, fantastic, but I find that,
       | although she specifically tells us not to, it is impossible _not_
       | to dwell on young children taking acid.
        
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