{"id":570551,"date":"2010-05-19T13:25:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T17:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/blogs\/nyrblog\/2010\/may\/19\/dan-chiasson-lydia-davis\/"},"modified":"2010-05-19T13:25:43","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T17:25:43","slug":"dan-chiasson-on-lydia-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/570551","title":{"rendered":"Dan Chiasson on Lydia Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-1059\" class=\"inline inline-type-photo inline-id-1059 inline-position-right\">\n<div style=\"width:230px;\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/multimedia\/view-photo\/1059\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0;\" id=\"photo-1059\" src=\"http:\/\/184.73.187.38\/media\/photo\/2010\/04\/06\/chiasson_1-042910_jpg_230x945_q85.jpg\" alt=\"chiasson_1-042910.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-copyright\">Theo&nbsp;Cote<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-caption\">Lydia Davis, Rensselaer County, New York, 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