{"id":53949,"date":"2013-06-11T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=53949"},"modified":"2014-01-27T00:04:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T05:04:47","slug":"lydia-daviss-local-obits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/11\/lydia-daviss-local-obits\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia Davis\u2019s \u201cLocal Obits\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F95572614\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In seventh grade, I was teased mercilessly about my funny speaking voice, and I\u2019ve been self-conscious about it ever since. It took some persuading to get me to make this recording, and it\u2019s a testament to the story that I was game: while I love many things in issue 205, \u201cLocal Obits\u201d was what I wanted to share. Anyone familiar with Lydia Davis\u2019s work knows that she can do a lot with a little, and this piece\u2014composed of elliptical snatches of lives, or, rather, someone else\u2019s distillation thereof\u2014turns the quotidian incantatory, funny, bittersweet, strange. A master class in the minimal (if not in performance).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In seventh grade, I was teased mercilessly about my funny speaking voice, and I\u2019ve been self-conscious about it ever since. 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