Visiting Writers Series: Novelist Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis is the author of a novel The End of the Story, and three collections of short fiction, Break It Down, Almost No Memory,, and Samuel Johnson is Indignant. She is the translator of a number of French novels, memoirs, and volumes of literary criticism. her honors include being named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government and a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.
Visiting Writers Series events are sponsored by the MFA Program for Poets and Writers and the Juniper Initiative, and are made possible in part by support and grants from the UMass Arts Council, the UMass Amherst Alumni Association, Vice Provost for Research, English Department, and Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
All events are free and open to the public.