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Why Lydia Davis Loves Misunderstandings

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 2019, the literary magazine NOON published a story by Lydia Davis called “The Language of Armagnac,” a quietly comic meditation on the difficulties of translating “the patois of the city…

The Quiet Revolution of the Sabbath

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Here is a story I wasn’t sure my sister would ever let me tell. I come from a churchgoing family, but one Sunday my sister did not go to worship, even…

What to See in the New York Film Festival’s First Week

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The New York Film Festival begins Friday. As I noted last year, the festival’s main slate is increasingly given over to movies by major Hollywood figures. (This year’s opening night brings…