A Grace Paley reader stories, essays, and poetry

"An essential book for all Grace Paley fans. Grace Paley is best known for her inimitable short stories, but she was also an enormously talented essayist and poet. A Grace Paley Reader collects the best of Paley's writing, showcasing her breadth of work and her extraordinary insight and empathy. Wit...

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Main Author: Paley, Grace (Author)
Other Authors: Bowen, Kevin, 1947- (Editor), Paley, Nora (Editor), Saunders, George, 1958- (Writer of introduction)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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245 1 2 |a A Grace Paley reader :  |b stories, essays, and poetry /  |c Grace Paley ; edited by Kevin Bowen and Nora Paley ; introduction by George Saunders. 
250 |a First edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  |c 2017. 
264 4 |c Ã2017 
300 |a xxiv, 371 pages ;  |c 22 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 0 |g I.  |t Stories.  |t From The little disturbances of man.  |t Goodbye and good luck ;  |t A woman, young and old ;  |t The loudest voice ;  |t An interest in life ;  |t Two short sad stories from a long and happy life ;  |t The used-boy raisers ;  |t A subject of childhood --  |t From Enormous changes at the last minute.  |t Living ;  |t Come on, ye sons of art ;  |t Faith in a tree ;  |t Enormous changes at the last minute ;  |t A conversation with my father ;  |t The long-distance runner --  |t From Later the same day.  |t Friends ;  |t Mother ;  |t Ruthy and Edie ;  |t Zagrowsky tells --  |g II.  |t Essays.  |t From Just as I thought.  |t Injustice ;  |t The illegal days ;  |t Jobs ;  |t Six days : some rememberings ;  |t Cop tales ;  |t The seneca stories : tales from the women's peace encampment ;  |t Women's pentagon action unity statement ;  |t Of poetry and women and the world ;  |t Thinking about Barbary Deming ;  |t The Gulf War ;  |t Report from North Vietnam ;  |t El Salvador ;  |t Other people's children ;  |t Some notes on teaching : probably spoken ;  |t Imagining the present ;  |t The value of not understanding everything ;  |t Feelings in the presence of the sight and sound of the bread and puppet theater ;  |t Traveling --  |t From Long walks and intimate talks.  |t Midrash on happiness --  |g III.  |t Poems.  |t Fidelity ;  |t For Danny ;  |t My mother : 33 years later ;  |t Suddenly there's Poughkeepsie ;  |t In the bus ;  |t A poem about storytelling ;  |t News ;  |t Connections : Vermont--Vietnam (I) ;  |t Connections : Vermont--Vietnam (II) ;  |t In San Salvador (I) ;  |t That country ;  |t On the ramblas--a tree--a girl ;  |t People in my family ;  |t My father at 85 ;  |t Sisters ;  |t On occasion ;  |t Anti-love poem ;  |t My sister and my grandson ;  |t Fathers ;  |t Luck ;  |t The hard-hearted rich ;  |t Responsibility ;  |t For my daughter ;  |t Letter ;  |t Fear ;  |t Families ;  |t Saint-John's-wort! ;  |t Goldenrod ;  |t Then ;  |t Is there a difference between men and women ;  |t Definition ;  |t Education ;  |t One day ;  |t This hill. 
520 |a "An essential book for all Grace Paley fans. Grace Paley is best known for her inimitable short stories, but she was also an enormously talented essayist and poet. A Grace Paley Reader collects the best of Paley's writing, showcasing her breadth of work and her extraordinary insight and empathy. With an introduction by George Saunders and an afterword by the writer's daughter, Nora Paley, A Grace Paley Reader is sure to become an instant classic."--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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650 0 |a Short stories, American. 
650 0 |a American essays. 
650 0 |a American poetry. 
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655 7 |a Essays.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Poetry.  |2 lcgft 
690 0 |a Dupuis, Mary tribute 
700 1 |a Bowen, Kevin,  |d 1947-  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Paley, Nora,  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Saunders, George,  |d 1958-  |e writer of introduction. 
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