Lawrence James Davis (better known as L. J. Davis; July 2, 1940 – April 5, 2011) was an American writer, whose novels focused on Brooklyn, New York.[1]
Davis's novel, A Meaningful Life,[2] described by the Village Voice as a "scathing 1971 satire about a reverse-pioneer from Idaho who tries to redeem his banal existence through the renovation of an old slummed-up Brooklyn town house", was reissued in 2009, with an introduction by Jonathan Lethem.[3] Lethem, a childhood friend of one of Davis's sons, praised the novel in an essay about Brooklyn authors, which resulted in New York Review Books Classics reprinting it after nearly 40 years. A 2021 retrospective on Davis's novels published on Lit Hub described his writings as some of the earliest prototypes of modern-day gentrification narratives.[4]
^Eli Epstein-Deutsch, "Jonathan Lethem and L.J. Davis Bring Back A Meaningful Life" 2015-02-22 at the Wayback Machine, Village Voice, April 3, 2009
^Bo McMillan, "How the Oversimplified Gentrification Narrative Was Born", Lit Hub, July 29, 2021
^"2 finance writers for the Thimes win Loeb awards". Los Angeles Times. Vol. CI, no. 131. April 13, 1982. p. 15 Part I. Retrieved February 15, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^Eichenwald, Kurt (December 21, 1989). "2 Hunts Fined And Banned From Trades". New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2008.
^Weber, Bruce (9 April 2011). "L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
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