BBCNEWS BBC World News December 24, 2021 05:19:00
And, as you said, her writing in grief later on in her life is some of the most fabulous elegiac writing that we have. and you teach students her work, obviously, goodbye to all that, how do they react to pieces like that? well, you know, goodbye to all that, which is on of the first leaving new york essays. it's the story about a young didion coming to new york and having a kind of mythical experience but also puncturing that mythical experience because she's aware of it. just today i had a student e—mail me about an hour before i went on to say thank you for teaching me that essay. and for...