June 1997 Issue [Readings] A second chance Download PDF Adjust Share by Lydia Davis, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Decision making Life More from Lydia Davis New Things in My Life By Lydia Davis, from a manuscript in progress. Her collection of essays, Essays One, will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in November. It takes me so long to… Addie and the Chili Years ago, Ellie asked me to write the story of our friend Addie and the chili. The incident involved some bowls of chili, and more than one woman crying, in… Pardon the Intrusion By Lydia Davis, from a story collection in progress. Davis is editing a book of essays that will be published next year. She is a writer and translator. Adjust Share