Lydia Davis Q & A
At The New Yorker Merve Emre has a Q & A with the author, in Why Lydia Davis Loves Misunderstandings.
Along the way, Emre opines:
Her translation of Madame Bovary is the best English version by far, because its deadpan reminds us that the book is both a great realist novel and a satire of realism.
Taylor Lorenz: The makers of counterfeit Louis Vuitton bags are promoting their wares with live fashion shows on TikTok.
Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023)
Syrian author Khaled Khalifa has passed away; see, for example, Saeed Saeed's report in The National, Celebrated Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa dies aged 59.
Several of his works have been translated into English -- see the Farrar, Straus and Giroux author page -- though none are under review at the complete review.