Joan Didion Receives A Phone Call From Anne Carson

ANNE [determinedly]: joan, if a person were resolved in making a decision, finally, between margins and husbands, how would such a person eliminate the eel of uncertainty from their mind? —best, ac

JOAN: Between the unmeliorated husband and the eel of uncertainty there is no space. Claim either, claim both, and you will find the map of your own mind rema…