{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Joan Didion, revered author and essayist, dies at 87","publication_date":"December 23, 2021","summary":"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 uniquely turbulent time, has died.","author_name":"By Colleen Long, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2021\/12\/f080a6b6214217290bcf2786787459b9-GettyImages-564064819-1024x696.jpg","thumbnail_height":696,"thumbnail_width":1024}