Provocative Social Commentary...that's US, carrying on in the tradition of Joan Didion (RIP Joan, see article)

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Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose provocative social commentary and detached, methodical literary voice made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of a turbulent time, has died. She was 87. Didion's publisher Penguin Random House announced the author's death on Wednesday. She died from complications from Parkinson's disease, the company said. Read the full story on BostonGlobe.com.