A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry

A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry

"A writer like Paley," writes George Saunders, â€œcomes along and brightens language up again, takes it aside and gives it a pep talk, sends it back renewed, so it can do its job, which is to wake us up.â€ Best known for her inimitable short stories, Grace Paley was also an enormously talented essayist and poet, as well as a fierce activist. She was a tireless member of the antiwar movement, the civil rights movement, the tenantsâ€™ rights movement, the anti-nuclear-power movement, and the Womenâ€™s Pentagon Action, among other causes, and proved herself to be a passionate citizen of each of her communitiesâ€•New York City and rural Vermont. A Grace Paley Reader compiles a selection of Paleyâ€™s writing across genres, showcasing her breadth of work as well as her extraordinary insight and brilliant economy of words.
Country USA
Brand Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780374165826
ReleaseDate 2017-04-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780374165826

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