Lydia Davis – interviewed by David Naimon

My notes and follow-ups from: Between the Covers with David Naimon, Tinhouse: Between the Covers Podcast, – 10/2/2023 podcast )

Lydia davis books and essays at Bookshop.org.

Our strangers by Lydia Davis – available at Bookshop.org and exclusively NOT available at The Large Internet Behemoth.

Quick notes:

All lit up .ca 

Home – Tin House

Bookshop.org bookshop editions bypass Amazon

Essays one 

Peter Bissell German she translated

Arthur Zee four translations

Chevalie of French gov

National book award

Whiting award

Man booker

Pen malimeatew

Guggenheim

Lanning literary prize

McArthur award

kirkus review

colum tobeen

Francine Prose authored an article on Lydia Davis, 25 years ago – BOMB Magazine | Lydia Davis. See also Lydia Davis’s Very Short Stories in The Atlantic: Lydia Davis’s Very Short Stories – The Atlantic

allie smith – guardian

Essay “Thirty Recommendations for Good Writing Habits” in Essays One – brevity; say less; write all you want on the first draft, then revise and edit.

short story authors: beckett; burnhardt; issac babel, grace paley; russell edson

Lydia Davis’ short story inspiration – Kafka, more closely/at-hand/accessibly to her: Russell Edson