Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview; Joan Didion: The Last Interview review – crafty to the end - The Guardian

In these revealing late-life chats, the two doyennes of US journalism display all the acuity and intellectual toughness that made them household names

Writing, as Janet Malcolm once declared, ought to be an invisible, odourless calling. Now, however, publicists and marketers push artists to be visible, voluble and, if possible, sweet-smelling. Henc… [+5492 chars]

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