Lydia Davis

Reading at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, March 30, 1999

1. Introduction (3:38)
2. A Position at the University [text]
3. Jack in the Country (1:49)
4. Foucault and Pencil (4:07)
5. The Mice (3:18)
6. Working Men (1:27)
7. A Mown Lawn (2:26)
8. New Year's Resolution (2:25)
9. Varieties of Disturbance (3:59)
10. The Impetus was Delight (28:51)

Reading and Interview at SUNY Buffalo, April 12 - 13, 1995

1. End of the Story Reading with Introduction by Charles Bernstein (48:26): MP3 (Slight gap where tape was turned at 45 minutes.)
2. Interview by Charles Bernstein with Susan Howe (48:08): MP3 (Slight gap where tape was turned at 45 minutes.)

Reading at the Ear Inn, New York,
November 10, 1984

1. The Letter
2. The Dog Man
3. The Mice
4. In a House Besieged
5. What She Knew
6. The Fish
7. Cockroaches in Autumn
8. The Bone
9. The Suck
10. The Fears of Mrs. Orlando

Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, November 12, 1983

• Complete Reading (47:42): MP3

Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, January 24, 1987

• Complete Reading (29:38): MP3

Also of Interest:

• On Cross-Cultural Poetics with Leonard Schwartz: MP3 (28:13)

Lydia Davis on PennSound Daily

• June 12, 2009: "PoemTalk 18: Lydia Davis' 'A Position at the University'"

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