Word for Word presents Off the Page: 'Thyroid Diary' by Lydia Davis May 16, 2011

May 16 at 8pm

In this staged reading of "Thyroid Diary," a professor's wife and translator worries about her underactive thyroid and it's possible connection to her increasingly unravelling thought processes, which are wreaking havoc on her work and relationships. Word for Word company member Delia MacDougall is back directing this enigmatic and funny writer's exploration of memory, health and identity.
"In deadpan prose, Davis turns philosophical snippets into fiction, with moving results. It is rare for a writer to challenge the tradition of storytelling and still be a pleasure to read. Davis' stories are as clear as children's books and somehow inevitable, as if she has written down what we were all on the verge of thinking ourselves."
- Ben Marcus, Time (November 19, 2001)

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