{"product_id":"a-grace-paley-reader-stories-essays-and-poetry-paperback","title":"A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrace Paley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Books We Loved in 2017\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Grace Paley Reader\u003c\/i\u003e compiles a selection of Paley's writing across genres, showcasing her breadth of work as well as her extraordinary insight and brilliant economy of words.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A writer like Paley,\" writes George Saunders, \"comes 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.\" 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 tenants' rights movement, the anti-nuclear-power movement, and the Women's Pentagon Action, among other causes, and proved herself to be a passionate citizen of each of her communities--New York City and rural Vermont.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrace Paley\u003c\/b\u003e, born in the Bronx in 1922, was a renowned writer and activist. Her \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Her other collections include \u003ci\u003eEnormous Changes at the Last Minute\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJust As I Thought\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in Vermont on August 22, 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Bowen\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, translator, and painter. For more than twenty-five years he was director of the William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences at the University of Massachusetts Boston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNora Paley\u003c\/b\u003e works in the field of somatics with injured and\/or interested movers. She lives in Vermont and is the literary executor of Grace Paley's estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984052453677,"sku":"9780374537418","price":26.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/cU9CTVFjZ3pwcXFBdzZPdjlIYlVIZz09.webp?v=1776081627","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-grace-paley-reader-stories-essays-and-poetry-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}