Davis has taught at Skidmore College, and is now senior fiction writer in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St.
"[6] San Francisco Chronicle said "Davis' particular talent is her ability to juggle Big Ideas and the minutiae of daily life in an engaging, unpretentious way.
The Washington Post reviewed The Thin Place and called it "sly and playful, but also serious about exposing the spiritual lining of everyday phenomena.
Los Angeles Times said Davis' ability to "sidestep reality has allowed her to successfully transcend the conventional let-me-tell-you style of memoir.
"[10] The Chicago Review of Books said her memoir teaches an important lesson: "it is only through our remarkable apparatus of association that we will find meaning in life.