Hey plax sorry should've updated. Yes thank you v much for this. Hope the move went well.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 November 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
Lol, I don't know why this suddenly seemed urgent late last night!
― plax (ico), Saturday, 16 November 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
Hope you enjoy it
essays 1 is incredible. i read the ‘lydias tips for writing’ one last night
― flopson, Saturday, 16 November 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
essays 1 is an insane book. the thing i've enjoyed most after the end of the story
― plax (ico), Monday, 16 March 2020 21:40 (four years ago) link
Agreed. I read the essays on writing three weeks ago; they had their effect.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 March 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
might buy this for the lockdown.
― Alain the Botton (jed_), Monday, 16 March 2020 22:04 (four years ago) link
essential for any writer. it’s incredible how much insight into the craft she gives
― flopson, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link
hi, flopson!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 March 2020 23:41 (four years ago) link
hey :)
― flopson, Monday, 16 March 2020 23:47 (four years ago) link
every writer should publish their lecture notes for the fancy MFA classes they teach imo
oh god i guess i was wrong to hold out on this
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 00:12 (four years ago) link
What's amazing is how continuous they are with her actual fiction (opening and expanding its themes) but simultaneously how straightforwardly demystifying they are
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 06:47 (four years ago) link
i just started reading essays one and it’s really good. i am in quarantine and it’s going to be a very pleasing time chewer upper
― estela, Friday, 20 March 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
lydia could (and did, and still can) get it
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 04:43 (nine months ago) link
https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/a-letter-from-lydia-davis-on-independent-bookshopsNew collection not available on Amazon
― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Saturday, 14 October 2023 08:28 (six months ago) link