Our Strangers by Lydia Davis review – miniature short stories
The latest collection from the US author known for her playfulness and brevity has a wintry feel
September 2023
‘I’m not worried about fame or glory’: Lydia Davis, the author who has refused to sell her book on Amazon
The award-winning short story writer talks about her boycott of the world’s biggest marketplace, her love of languages and living with Paul Auster in Paris
April 2023
Lydia Davis refuses to sell her next book on Amazon
The garlanded short story author will release her next collection solely in bookshops and select independent online outlets to coincide with Bookshop Day
November 2021
Books interview
Lydia Davis: ‘I write it the way I want to write it’
The author on flash fiction, translation as a route to creativity, and why we need to prioritise the climate crisis over ‘business as usual with writing’
October 2020
Top 10s
Top 10 books about creative writing
From linguistics to essays by Zadie Smith and Toni Morrison, poet Anthony Anaxagorou recommends some ‘lateral’ ways in to a demanding craft
November 2019
Book of the day
Essays by Lydia Davis review – a woman of few words well chosen
Lydia Davis’s essays about writing and meaning are like her micro-stories: witty, playful and pared to the bare essentials
November 2017
Point of view
No punctuation and noisy neighbours – translating Proust’s letters
The international Man Booker winner Lydia Davis on the pleasurable challenges of Marcel’s mail
July 2015
Books blog
The most American fiction – according to the rest of the world
The site Literary Hub has asked writers and editors from around the world to list the quintessential American titles. Here’s what they came up with – do you agree?
June 2015
Books blog
Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?
Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them – plus our favourite literary links
April 2014
Can't and Won't review – Lydia Davis drops her guard
Can't and Won't by Lydia Davis review – short stories about obsession
May 2013
Lydia Davis hints at move to microblogging fiction
My hero
My hero: Lydia Davis by Ali Smith
Open thread
Write your own short story – in under three sentences
Open thread
The Guardian UK Culture Podcast
James Salter reads Break it Down by Lydia Davis
August 2010
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis: 'My style is a reaction to Proust's long sentences'
February 2010
Books blog
A brief survey of the short story part 24: Lydia Davis
Chris Power: Eschewing literary convention, Davis's stories blur diary, report and prose, with passion for language and cool wit as constants
