Love this, especially "Jury Duty," "Happiest Moment" and "Letter to a Funeral Parlor." Also "Finances."I think the short shorts -like two lines- were the weakest.People often admire Davis's wit, humor, skillful sadness, etc, but mostly I feel (with relief) a kind of detachment, observation, a wonder...
I enjoyed the pieces where she messes with language and grammer. It reminded me of Tender Buttons, and I could have read a whole book like that. But I didn't care for the more straight-forward fiction pieces. She does thing to keep the reader detached from the action and emotionally distant from the...
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