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Grace Paley Dies
2007-08-24 03:58:00 HEREHere I am in the garden laughingan old woman with heavy breastsand a nicely mapped facehow did this happenwell that's who I wanted to beat last a womanin the old style sittingstout thighs apart undera big skirt grandchild slidingon off my lap a pleasantsummer perspirationthat's my old man across the yardhe's talking to the meter readerhe's telling him the world's sad storyhow electricity is oil or uraniumand so forth I tell my grandsonrun over to your grandpa ask himto sit beside me for a minute Iam suddenly exhausted by my desireto kiss his sweet explaining lips.Rest in peace.
By: Shiva's Arms
Grace Paley, age 84
2007-08-24 03:09:00 I've just learned from Laila Lalami's blog who learned it from Maud Newton's blog that Grace Paley has died at the age of 84. Here's the NYT obit. Every year, I teach a really disturbing short short story by Paley about a child who falls to his death on a NY subway and the fascinating reactions of those around who witness it. The story's psychological complexity reminds me of a story I just
Grace Paley, Writer and Activist, Dies at Age 84
2007-08-24 00:20:00 [From NPR] Grace Paley, Writer and Activist, Dies at Age 84 by Neda Ulaby Toby Talbot The writer Grace Paley, photographed in her Vermont home in 2003. Paley, 84, died Wednesday at home; she had battled cancer. AP © 2003 All Things Considered, August 23, 2007· Grace Paley, one of the great American short-story writers, has died; she was ...
By: News for Greens
Acclaimed writer Grace Paley dies at 84
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2007-08-23 17:38:00 AP - Poet and short story writer Grace Paley, a literary eminence and old-fashioned rebel who described herself as a "combative pacifist," has died. She was 84.
R.I.P. Grace Paley
2007-08-23 17:34:00 Another literary figure has passed away, according to the Associated Press: Writer and peace activist Grace Paley dies at 84 Poet and short story writer Grace Paley, a literary eminence and old-fashioned rebel who described herself as a “combative pacifist,” has died. She was 84. Paley, who had battled breast cancer, died Wednesday at her home in Thetford ...
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