Lydia Davis

A national journal of literature & discussion

Spring 2024 Cover; Photo by Mathias Depardon

Lydia Davis is the author of seven books of short fiction, two books of essays, and one novel. She is also the translator of numerous works from French and other languages. Her latest collection of stories, Our Strangers, is forthcoming (Bookshop, 2023).

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FICTION / Spring/Summer 2023

Quartet

By Lydia Davis , Illustration by Hanna Barczyk

An itinerant photographer has set up his camera, lights, and chair in a local grocery store. This was many years ago. I was there, I saw it myself.

FICTION / Fall 2020

How He Changed over Time

By Lydia Davis , Illustration by Keith Negley

He used to play the violin, but then, as his fingers thickened and lost some of their agility, he became frustrated by trying to play, and then bored by it.