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Whether fiction, non-fiction or poetry, writing can leave readers with a keen sense of the community it describes, says Aniefiok Ekpoudom.

Joe Biden looked like he would cut a deal with the House GOP to make “meaningful changes” to border security protocols. He doesn’t want to, but the GOP won’t send pallets of cash and guns to his buddy in Ukraine if he doesn’t. As soon as it looked like there would be a resolution, two prominent Lati

The Halifax-born trivia expert and host of The Backbench podcast reviews three memoirs: Joan Didion's Where I Was From, Emma Healey's Best Young Women Job Book and Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart.

On the eve of her 77th birthday, Sacramento’s native daughter Joan Didion reflects on the untimely deaths of her husband and daughter, the difficulty of parenting, and why, as a teenager, she really wanted a job at the California State Fair.

Riley Burke reflects on growing up in Sacramento and her layered connection with Joan Didion.

Step into the realm of Joan Didion's iconic writings, where her piercing intellect and razor-sharp observations redefine the boundaries of literature.

Joan Didion's 'Play It as It Lays' is the third most popular L.A. book among writers surveyed by The Times. David L. Ulin explains why her fiction matters.

An exhibition at the Hammer Museum inspired by Joan Didion features historic objects as well as art. It's sometimes tantalizing, often muddled.

On the eve of her 77th birthday, Sacramento’s native daughter Joan Didion reflects on the untimely deaths of her husband and daughter, the difficulty of parenting, and why, as a teenager, she really wanted a job at the California State Fair.

Arts journalist Carolina Miranda asks in her essay remembering California native Joan Didion. Miranda recounts Didion’s reference of her family’s potato masher in her work, “Where I Was From.”