{"text":"I went on a book tour immediately after 9/11. I was due to leave the following Wednesday, so I just did. It was an amazing thing, because planes hadn't been flying very many days, and I got on this plane and went to San Francisco, and the minute that plane lifted above the clouds, I felt this incredible sense of lightness.","author":"Joan Didion","tags":["wednesday","clouds","book "],"id":22921,"author_id":"Joan+Didion"}