In a literary culture insufficiently aware of its own past, overcrowded with trivial and tired notions, overly preoccupied with an unreflective present, Davenport's courageous originality, his erudition and historical imagination never fail to amaze and inspire. Washington Post

Davenport's stories, complete intellectual and erotic, hidden and obvious twists, shine like the sun on a windy, cloudless day. New York Times

He curses progress and defends the benefits of the eternal return with a passion reminiscent of Borges... Exotic, erotic, stunning! Los Angeles Times

Davenport's delicacies are exquisite, elegant, delicate—of the rarest type: they are creations like no other.Village Voice