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What Didion sought was a naturalness of expression as controlled by a true understanding of ones craft, the better to describe the ineffable, the uncanny in the every day.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean, Joan Didion
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Part of Didion’s brilliance is not so much to define menace or the uncanny as to show it.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean, Joan Didion
If you’re avoidant, you connect with romantic partners but always maintain some mental distance and an escape route. Feeling close and complete with someone else—the emotional equivalent of finding a home—is a condition that you find difficult to accept.
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Didion the novelist taught Didion the nonfiction writer.
Let Me Tell You What I Mean, Joan Didion
To put it simply, ethos is about the writer, pathos is about the reader, and logos is the shared fabric between them. This speaks to the tradition of literature as communication, as a bridge between writers and readers across space and time.