Lydia Davis live at De Balie

Lydia Davis is known as the queen of the short story, and also of a genre she herself created: the ultra-short story. Such as ‘Bloomington’ from her new collection Can’t and Won’t. The story in its entirety reads as follows:  “Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence …



Lydia Davis is known as the queen of the short story, and also of a genre she herself created: the ultra-short story. Such as ‘Bloomington’ from her new collection Can’t and Won’t. The story in its entirety reads as follows:  “Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.”

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