Writers and filmmakers know that words and images reach only an approximate truth. Author Jon Krakauer seemed painfully aware of this when chronicling his 1996 expedition to Mount Everest in the best-selling book Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of…
Honoring Joan
Joan Didion is among those receiving a National Medal of the Arts and the National Humanities Medal tomorrow. I’ve admired her and treasured her writing for years. “Slouching Toward Bethlehem” is one of my favorites.