This is my first time writing about Joan Didion (1934-2021). After years deliberately in the dark, I am barely now grasping why she is so highly regarded. Why young writers revere her image – grayscale, sharp and cool, tipping a cigarette – with the utmost respect.
Month: January 2022
Poetic Response to Parcels’ Day/Night
Listen to Parcel’s double-album, Day/Night, as you follow along a poetic choreography, The Glorious Dance of Goodbye.
The passage that accompanies each song was written spontaneously, in real time, as each side played in order.