Nadia Davids

Nadia Davids is a South African writer, theater-maker, and scholar. Her first novel is An Imperfect Blessing (Penguin Random House South Africa, 2014). Her short stories and essays can be found in the Los Angeles Review of BooksThe Johannesburg Review of BooksThe American Scholar, and Astra Magazine. Cape Fever, her new novel, will be published by Simon and Schuster in December 2025.

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Nadia Davids

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Bridling

He doesn’t lock the mask every rehearsal. There are some days I say, I can’t, not today, not for all those hours. Attached to the mask is a rope that […]

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