Katie Roiphe Regards Herself
“On the subject of Ms. Didion’s writing about herself, Ms. Roiphe concludes: ‘Didion did it elegantly, but many of those who followed did it not so elegantly.’ She names Anna Quindlen, Maureen Dowd, Susan Orlean and Meghan Daum, though she fails to name herself.”
— Katie Roiphe’s “body of criticism presumes culture is determined entirely by things people have said to or about her.”