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Contemporary Women's Writing Advance Access originally published online on November 6, 2009
Contemporary Women's Writing 2009 3(2):121-126; doi:10.1093/cww/vpp026
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Grace Paley Writing the World

Marianne Hirsch

Columbia University, USA mh2349@columbia.edu

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One day I made up a story. I imagined a wild old woman leaning on her elbows at her open window, next door to the schoolyard, making a speech to the street. She shouted: Listen. Stop! I must tell you that smart, greedy madmen intend to destroy this beautifully made planet. Listen!

Grace Paley, "One Day I Made Up a Story" ( Just as I Thought 196)

Grace Paley is world renowned as a short fiction writer, poet, essayist, political activist, and especially, perhaps, as one of the most brilliant short story writers of all time. Angela Carter said it best: "Technically, Grace Paley's work makes the novel as a form seem virtually redundant" (Collected Stories, Jacket blurb). And yet . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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