Scribe bags ‘sharply observed’ collection from Williams

I Hear You’re Rich will be Williams’ 11th collection. Her work has previously appeared in Granta magazine, London Review of Books and The White Review. 

Slight commented: “Sharply observed, sly, funny, irreverent, and suffused with utterly recognisable and often confronting truths about human nature, Diane Williams’ short stories – many no more than a page – have earned her the well-deserved label ‘the godmother of flash fiction’. Her fans include Jonathan Franzen, Rumaan Alam, Hernán Diaz, Merve Emre and Sam Lipsyte – to name a few – as well as Lydia Davis, who Williams publishes regularly in her magazine NOON. I was completely hooked on this collection from the very first page, totally enamoured with how Williams’ manages to say so much so succinctly. Each line brims with subtext; not a single word, or even punctuation mark, is wasted. I cannot wait to reunite existing UK fans with Williams’ work and introduce her to many new readers when we publish in August.”