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Teaching college classes sparked a haunting connection to Joan Didion’s writing—her razor-sharp prose mirrored real-life wildfires near campus, proving literature’s eerie relevance to the moment. A student’s insight that Didion’s protest coverage helped birth the first ethnic studies department revealed how past activism still echoes today. But the episode took a devastating turn when that student, Paul, died by suicide, leaving the community reeling and forcing a raw reckoning about student mental health, institutional pressures, and the cost of academic engagement.
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