person / uses
Peter Handke
“That doesn’t mean I would enjoy reading a washing machine how-to manual in French or German and get the same enjoyment. I read two different Peter Handke books in German, just because I wanted to.”
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Lydia Davis
Published podcast speaker
- Claims
- 15
- Episodes
- 1
- Shows
- 1
- Named items
- 2
Books, apps, and tools
The evidenced stack.
person / likes
Joseph Cornell
“I like Joseph Cornell, and I like what he was doing and why, but I don’t do collages, and I never have.”
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What Lydia said.
5 transcript-backed records
01 / belief
I think with very short sentences, you can also be very sparkling, lyrical, magical.
“I think with very short sentences, you can also be very sparkling, lyrical, magical.”
- Speaker
- Lydia Davis
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
02 / belief
I never translated that long book which I learned Norwegian by reading, but I did translate some short stories by Gunnhild Øyehaug.
“I never translated that long book which I learned Norwegian by reading, but I did translate some short stories by Gunnhild Øyehaug.”
- Speaker
- Lydia Davis
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
03 / belief
In my experience, I have not had to, or really wanted to, interview students in person before accepting them into a class.
“In my experience, I have not had to, or really wanted to, interview students in person before accepting them into a class.”
- Speaker
- Lydia Davis
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
04 / belief
I think George Steiner has a book, which I have not read — I haven’t even opened it — but a book detailing all the books he didn’t write.
“I think George Steiner has a book, which I have not read — I haven’t even opened it — but a book detailing all the books he didn’t write.”
- Speaker
- Lydia Davis
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
05 / belief
I think that’s what you mean by a good book to read that a scholar would not necessarily approve of the approach.
“I think that’s what you mean by a good book to read that a scholar would not necessarily approve of the approach.”
- Speaker
- Lydia Davis
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler