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The Year of Magical Thinking

Critical Essays

The Arc of Joan Didion and Annie Dillard
ByShawn Drury April 4, 2017January 30, 2026

In my mind, Joan Didion and Annie Dillard are linked, two sides to the same coin, one the yin to the other’s yang. This is unfair to both women.

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Writing Trauma: Notes of Transcendence, #2–The Book as Companion
ByTracy Strauss August 26, 2016January 30, 2026

Examining painful truths, I left behind the stories. I developed an aversion to reading. When I picked up a book, it was as if my brain closed a door. How could I, a writer and an English professor, no longer have a desire to read?

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