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Should a writer’s intimate diary be published after their death?

Season 1, Ep. 1047
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After she died three of Joan Didion’s trustees found the writer’s 25-year-old diary and took the decision to publish her entries in full.


Writer: Elaine McCallig


Producer: Casey Magloire


Photography: Joe Mee


Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore



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