by Diane Becker
What was hot? Hay Festival. George Saunders. My inner fan girl. James Salter. Robert MacFarlane. A walk in Mousecastle Wood. A visit to Hergest Croft Gardens. An RHS cream tea. A walk on the Begwns. Coconut ice cream. Not necessarily in that order.
Categories: Culture, Journal, Photography • Tags: Begwns, George Saunders, Hay Festival, Hergest Croft Gardens, James Salter, Mousecastle Wood, Robert MacFarlane
by Diane Becker
So, Lydia Davis has won the 2013 International Man Booker Prize, fuck fuck fuckity fuck – now everyone will be reading her, and talking about her, and she won’t be my secret favourite short story author EVER anymore. I ordered The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Abe Books) after reading this review by Tania Hershman in The Short Review (originally posted in 2010), and this (beautiful hardback) collection is now a permanent fixture in the stack of books I keep by my […]
Categories: Journal, Photography, Published Work, What I'm reading • Tags: Blind Spot, Diane Becker, Hay Festival, Lydia Davis, Man Booker International 2013, Short Fiction, short stories, The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, The view from here
