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Book Talk: Our Strangers

Book Talk: Our Strangers

I talk Lydia Davis with Petya Grady, a favorite Substack neighbor

May 25, 2024
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I was so excited to see

Petya K. Grady
’s comment on my May Reading Provocation, letting me know she’d be picking up one of the suggestions, Our Strangers by Lydia Davis. She’s written engagingly about short works in her newsletter,
A reading life
and we got to chatting about our shared love of “tinies” and literary synchronicities. I’m so glad she said yes to letting me record a Book Talk discussion. I hope these highlights from our conversation will help you decide if you’d like to add this one to your list, too.

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