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Joan Didion

On Keeping a Notebook

On Keeping a Notebook

An essay by Joan Didion exploring the reasons for keeping a notebook and the importance of staying in touch with our past selves.

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    “We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. — Joan Didion, in “On Keeping a Notebook,” Slouching Towards Bethlehem”

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