Ava DuVernay, Roxane Gay, Jessica Chastain and Gov. Gavin Newsom are among admirers paying tribute to writer Joan Didion, who died Thursday at age 87.
“We knew it was coming but not today lord…deaths [in] 2021 have been so rude to black artists specifically,”Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris. “Too much mourning for our heroes and our visionaries. And I know Miss Joan Didion wasnt black but ask almost ANY black lit girl and they’ll tell u she felt it.”
“Joan never felt the need to ‘protect’ her intellect by appearing dreadfully serious at all times bc she knew that her talent was undeniable and those who doubted it would doubt no matter what she did,” he added. Deepest gratitude to Joan Didion for how she helped me during a brutal, dark time. And that’s not even her best book! If you’ve yet to discover her, today’s a good day to do so.💙Actor Rob Delaney recalled the comfort he found in Didion’s writing around the time his son was receiving chemotherapy treatment for “the cancer that would ultimately kill him” and a “very close friend” of his died by suicide.
“Shortly afterward I read [Didion’s 2005 memoir] The Year of Magical Thinking & was thrilled, electrified that someone else had gone through 2 nightmares at once & written about it,” Delaney“Deepest gratitude to Joan Didion for how she helped me during a brutal, dark time. And that’s not even her best book! If you’ve yet to discover her, today’s a good day to do so.
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