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Lydia Davis

Into the Weeds

Into the Weeds

An essay on writing and translation by Lydia Davis, published as part of the Why I Write series.

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    “Lydia Davis was one of those writers who I THOUGHT I would like but just couldn’t get into, until I read this. Bought it on vacation partly because it’s a tidy, finite little package of a book that I knew I could finish before the week was up and am so glad I did. Just challenging enough to be satisfying.”

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