NEW YORK — Renowned writer Joan Didion, who emerged as a distinctive voice in the “New Journalism” of the 1960s to launch a decadeslong and lauded career as an author, essayist and screenwriter, died Thursday at her Manhattan home. She was 87.The…
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NEW YORK — Renowned writer Joan Didion, who emerged as a distinctive voice in the “New Journalism” of the 1960s to launch a decadeslong and lauded career as an author, essayist and screenwriter, died Thursday at her Manhattan home. She was 87.The…