9/1/1977 Joan Didion, left, her daughter Quintana Didion (right) and Abigail McCarthy photographed in Washington D.C..  (Teresa Zabala/The New York Times)

9/1/1977
Joan Didion, left, her daughter Quintana Didion (right) and Abigail McCarthy photographed in Washington D.C..
(Teresa Zabala/The New York Times)

Flanagan on Didion: Personal Essay and Criticism, Combined