#1688: Lydia Davis “Essays One” | The Book Show

November 24, 2020 00:27:31
#1688: Lydia Davis “Essays One” | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1688: Lydia Davis “Essays One” | The Book Show

Nov 24 2020 | 00:27:31

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This week on The Book Show, we speak with Lydia Davis about her new work Essays One. Davis is a writer whose originality, influence, and wit are beyond compare. Best known for her masterful short stories and translations, Davis’s gifts extend equally to her nonfiction. In Essays One, Davis has for the first time gathered […]

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