Paley, Grace
Overview
| Works: | 251 works in 700 publications in 9 languages and 17,769 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Short stories Poetry Biography Biographies Interviews Essays Filmed interviews Educational films Filmed literary readings |
| Roles: | Author, Narrator, Author of introduction, Bibliographic antecedent, Actor, Signer, Other, Performer |
| Classifications: | PS3566.A46, 813.54 |
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Most widely held works about
Grace Paley
- Just as I thought by Grace Paley( Book )
- Grace Paley's life stories : a literary biography by Judith Arcana( Book )
- Grace Paley : illuminating the dark lives by Jacqueline Taylor( Book )
- Grace Paley : a study of the short fiction by Neil D Isaacs( Book )
- Jewish women fiction writers( Book )
- Conversations with Grace Paley by Grace Paley( Book )
- Literary sisterhoods : imagining women artists by Deborah Heller( Book )
- Grace : a tribute( Visual )
- Grace Paley reads "A conversation with my father" and "Friends" : short stories from her collection Later the same day by Grace Paley( Recording )
- From leaning forward : for soprano, with baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello by Christian Wolff( )
- Facing America : multikulturelle Literatur der heutigen USA in Texten und Interviews : ein Lesebuch( Book )
- Grace Paley's wit or the ear is smarter than the eye by Barbara Levy( Book )
- Fictions américaines : nouvelles voix, nouveaux regards( Book )
- Grace Paley conteuse des destins ordinaires by Noëlle Batt( Book )
- Die schwebende Wahrheit : Erzählungen und Gedichte by Grace Paley( Book )
- Climbing fences( Book )
- Brother bread, sister puppet by Jeff Farber( Visual )
- European journal of American culture( )
- Contemporary literary criticism by Jeffrey W Hunter( )
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Most widely held works by
Grace Paley
The collected stories by
Grace Paley(
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51 editions published between 1994 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At long last, here are all of Grace Paley's classic stories collected in one volume. From her first book, The Little Disturbances of Man, published in 1959, to Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1974) and Later the Same Day (1985), Grace Paley's quirky, boisterous characters and rich use of language have won her readers' hearts and secured her place as one of America's most accomplished writers. Grace Paley's stories are united by her signature interweaving of personal and political truths, by her extraordinary capacity for empathy, and by her pointed, funny depiction a the small and large events that make up city life. As her work progresses, we encounter many of the same characters and revisit the same sites, bearing witness to a community as it develops and matures, becoming part ourselves of a dense and vital world that is singular yet achingly familiar
51 editions published between 1994 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At long last, here are all of Grace Paley's classic stories collected in one volume. From her first book, The Little Disturbances of Man, published in 1959, to Enormous Changes at the Last Minute (1974) and Later the Same Day (1985), Grace Paley's quirky, boisterous characters and rich use of language have won her readers' hearts and secured her place as one of America's most accomplished writers. Grace Paley's stories are united by her signature interweaving of personal and political truths, by her extraordinary capacity for empathy, and by her pointed, funny depiction a the small and large events that make up city life. As her work progresses, we encounter many of the same characters and revisit the same sites, bearing witness to a community as it develops and matures, becoming part ourselves of a dense and vital world that is singular yet achingly familiar
Enormous changes at the last minute : stories by
Grace Paley(
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85 editions published between 1960 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 1,766 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Seventeen stories written over the past fifteen years reveal the author's vision of human love and tragedy
85 editions published between 1960 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 1,766 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Seventeen stories written over the past fifteen years reveal the author's vision of human love and tragedy
Later the same day by
Grace Paley(
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69 editions published between 1975 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,660 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Grace Paley's stature among writers of short fiction was established by her first collection, The Little Disturbances of Man (1959), and reconfirmed with the publication of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute in 1974. This new book, a selection from her work over the past ten years, is appropriately titled Later the Same Day: Paley's concerns, or themes, have changed only as much as life's constants change with the passage of time. Those characters familiar to readers of her previous volumes have grown older but are still deeply involved with their parents, their lovers and friends, and their children--the past, present, and future--and the welfare of the wider community. We meet the neighborhood druggist with his tale of familiar heartbreak and small-time bigotry ("Zagrowsky Tells"); a willful father in Puerto Rico who cannot accept the obvious loss of his child by kidnapping ("In the Garden"); a black woman who mourns the fact that her daughter, "born in good cheer," has become only "busy and broad" ("Lavinia: An Old Story")' a visitor from China whose concern is about the children, how to raise them" (The Expensive Moment:); a craftsman whose beautiful creation is stillborn ("This is a Story about My Friend George, the Toy Inventor"). The seenteen stories in Later the Same Day are marked by Paley's low-keyed humor, her rich but economical use of language, and her seemingly endless capacity for empathy. Their substance--the persistence of human and political concerns, despite practical pressures--subtly overwhelms less important matters
69 editions published between 1975 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 1,660 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Grace Paley's stature among writers of short fiction was established by her first collection, The Little Disturbances of Man (1959), and reconfirmed with the publication of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute in 1974. This new book, a selection from her work over the past ten years, is appropriately titled Later the Same Day: Paley's concerns, or themes, have changed only as much as life's constants change with the passage of time. Those characters familiar to readers of her previous volumes have grown older but are still deeply involved with their parents, their lovers and friends, and their children--the past, present, and future--and the welfare of the wider community. We meet the neighborhood druggist with his tale of familiar heartbreak and small-time bigotry ("Zagrowsky Tells"); a willful father in Puerto Rico who cannot accept the obvious loss of his child by kidnapping ("In the Garden"); a black woman who mourns the fact that her daughter, "born in good cheer," has become only "busy and broad" ("Lavinia: An Old Story")' a visitor from China whose concern is about the children, how to raise them" (The Expensive Moment:); a craftsman whose beautiful creation is stillborn ("This is a Story about My Friend George, the Toy Inventor"). The seenteen stories in Later the Same Day are marked by Paley's low-keyed humor, her rich but economical use of language, and her seemingly endless capacity for empathy. Their substance--the persistence of human and political concerns, despite practical pressures--subtly overwhelms less important matters
The little disturbances of man by
Grace Paley(
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107 editions published between 1959 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 1,604 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Records one woman's response to the love-hate relationships, inhibitions and selfconcerns of men and women
107 editions published between 1959 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 1,604 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Records one woman's response to the love-hate relationships, inhibitions and selfconcerns of men and women
Fidelity by
Grace Paley(
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7 editions published between 2008 and 2014 in English and held by 815 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Just before her death in 2007 at the age of eighty-four, Grace Paley completed this wise and poignant book of poems. Full of memories of friends and family and incisive observations of life in both her beloved hometown, New York City, and rural Vermont, the poems are sober and playful, experimenting with form while remaining eminently readable. They explore the beginnings and ends of relationships, the ties that bind siblings, the workings of dreams, the surreal strangeness of the aging body--all imbued with her unique perspective and voice. Mournful and nostalgic, but also ruefully funny and full of love, Fidelity is Grace Paley's passionate and haunting elegy for the life she was leaving behind
7 editions published between 2008 and 2014 in English and held by 815 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Just before her death in 2007 at the age of eighty-four, Grace Paley completed this wise and poignant book of poems. Full of memories of friends and family and incisive observations of life in both her beloved hometown, New York City, and rural Vermont, the poems are sober and playful, experimenting with form while remaining eminently readable. They explore the beginnings and ends of relationships, the ties that bind siblings, the workings of dreams, the surreal strangeness of the aging body--all imbued with her unique perspective and voice. Mournful and nostalgic, but also ruefully funny and full of love, Fidelity is Grace Paley's passionate and haunting elegy for the life she was leaving behind
Begin again : collected poems by
Grace Paley(
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8 editions published between 1999 and 2014 in English and held by 738 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Combining Grace Paley's four previous collections and new unpublished work, this work traces the career of this direct, attentive, never predictable poet. Whether she describes the vicissitudes and pleasures of life in New York City or the hard beauty of her adoptive rural Vermont, whether she celebrates the blessings of friendship or protests against social injustice, her poems brim with the compassion and tough good humor that have made her stories and essays famous
8 editions published between 1999 and 2014 in English and held by 738 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Combining Grace Paley's four previous collections and new unpublished work, this work traces the career of this direct, attentive, never predictable poet. Whether she describes the vicissitudes and pleasures of life in New York City or the hard beauty of her adoptive rural Vermont, whether she celebrates the blessings of friendship or protests against social injustice, her poems brim with the compassion and tough good humor that have made her stories and essays famous
Full measure : modern short stories on aging by
Dorothy Sennett(
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1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 564 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 564 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
New and collected poems by
Grace Paley(
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10 editions published between 1992 and 1993 in 3 languages and held by 539 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1992 and 1993 in 3 languages and held by 539 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Long walks and intimate talks by
Grace Paley(
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10 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in English and held by 427 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in English and held by 427 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Leaning forward : poems by
Grace Paley(
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7 editions published in 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 404 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 404 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A Grace Paley reader : stories, essays, and poetry by
Grace Paley(
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4 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and held by 390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"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."--
4 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and held by 390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"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."--
The Best American short stories, 1980 by
Stanley Elkin(
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1 edition published in 1980 in English and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1980 in English and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Grace Paley(
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7 editions published between 1982 and 2016 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A feminist and an anti-war activist, Grace Paley read three stories, Friends, Love, and Mother. She was interviewed by Carol Muske
7 editions published between 1982 and 2016 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A feminist and an anti-war activist, Grace Paley read three stories, Friends, Love, and Mother. She was interviewed by Carol Muske
Fiction as experience : an anthology(
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1 edition published in 1978 in English and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1978 in English and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
40 short stories : a portable anthology by
Beverly Lawn(
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1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 98 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 98 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Brother bread, sister puppet by
Jeff Farber(
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13 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in English and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Documentary on the Bread and Puppet Theater, a puppet troupe founded in 1963, and based in Vermont since 1970. Much of the footage is devoted to the 1988 Resurrection Circus, an anual event the troupe staged every summer from 1975 to 1998. Also includes archival footage of the troupe in its early days, filmed in New York City in the 1960s
13 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in English and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Documentary on the Bread and Puppet Theater, a puppet troupe founded in 1963, and based in Vermont since 1970. Much of the footage is devoted to the 1988 Resurrection Circus, an anual event the troupe staged every summer from 1975 to 1998. Also includes archival footage of the troupe in its early days, filmed in New York City in the 1960s
Just as I thought by
Grace Paley(
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13 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Just As I Thought is as close to an autobiography as anything we are likely to have from this quintessentially American writer. In it we get a chance to see Grace Paley not only as a writer and "troublemaker" but also as a daughter, sister, mother, and grandmother. Through her descriptions of her childhood in the Bronx and her experiences as an antiwar activist to her lectures on writing and her recollections of other writers, these pieces are always alive with Paley's inimitable voice, humor, and wisdom
13 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Just As I Thought is as close to an autobiography as anything we are likely to have from this quintessentially American writer. In it we get a chance to see Grace Paley not only as a writer and "troublemaker" but also as a daughter, sister, mother, and grandmother. Through her descriptions of her childhood in the Bronx and her experiences as an antiwar activist to her lectures on writing and her recollections of other writers, these pieces are always alive with Paley's inimitable voice, humor, and wisdom
Begin again : new and collected poems by
Grace Paley(
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4 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From leaning forward : for soprano, with baritone, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello by
Christian Wolff(
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2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Conversations with Grace Paley by
Grace Paley(
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3 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection of interviews from 1978 to 1995 Paley elaborates on the many forces that have influenced her and her writing. In these conversations she reveals not only her triple lives as writer, mother, and political activist but also her perspectives which over the years have become precise and solid. With authority, distinctness, and relentless honesty she speaks out on contemporary issues. She discusses American conditions at large, particularly those that are being neglected or denied. With firm authority Paley discusses topics of wide range, many of which she describes as personal discoveries. She includes politics and environmentalism, the family and human relationships, the impact of background and education, the moral importance of community, feminism and women's liberation, the sexual self and role enforcement, America's need for communality and women's creative response to it, the art of teaching, and the importance of friendship. Paley's conversations, like her writings, are refreshingly candid and radically different from the contemporary American mainstream
3 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection of interviews from 1978 to 1995 Paley elaborates on the many forces that have influenced her and her writing. In these conversations she reveals not only her triple lives as writer, mother, and political activist but also her perspectives which over the years have become precise and solid. With authority, distinctness, and relentless honesty she speaks out on contemporary issues. She discusses American conditions at large, particularly those that are being neglected or denied. With firm authority Paley discusses topics of wide range, many of which she describes as personal discoveries. She includes politics and environmentalism, the family and human relationships, the impact of background and education, the moral importance of community, feminism and women's liberation, the sexual self and role enforcement, America's need for communality and women's creative response to it, the art of teaching, and the importance of friendship. Paley's conversations, like her writings, are refreshingly candid and radically different from the contemporary American mainstream
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Aging American essays American fiction American fiction--Jewish authors American fiction--Women authors American poetry Authors, American Banti, Anna Calisher, Hortense Canadian fiction City and town life Eliot, George, Feminism and literature Ferber, Edna, Fiction--Technique Fiction--Women authors Hellman, Lillian, Jewish authors Jewish fiction Jewish women in literature Jewish women--Intellectual life Jews Jews in literature Judaism and literature Literature--Women authors Love-hate relationships Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Munro, Alice, New York (State)--New York Ozick, Cynthia Paley, Grace Parker, Dorothy, Peace Piercy, Marge Poetry Short stories Short stories, American Short stories, Canadian Short stories, English Short story Staël,--Madame de--(Anne-Louise-Germaine), Stein, Gertrude, United States Women and literature Women artists in literature Women authors, American Women authors in literature Women in literature Yezierska, Anzia,
Alternative Names
Goodside , Grace
Goodside, Grace 1922-2007
Grace Paley Amerikaans schrijfster (1922-2007)
Grace Paley amerikansk poet och författare
Grace Paley amerikansk poet og skribent
Grace Paley scrittrice, poetessa e attivista statunitense
Grace Paley US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin und politische Aktivistin
Grace Paleyová
Paley, Grace
Грейс Пейлі
Пейли, Грейс
פיילי, גרייס
פיילי, גרייס מורה אמריקאית
قریس پیلی
گریس پیلی نویسنده و شاعر آمریکایی
గ్రేస్ పాలీ
グレイス・ペイリー
ペイリー, グレイス
格拉斯·佩利
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Italian (24)
French (23)
Spanish (13)
Japanese (11)
Hebrew (3)
Dutch (3)
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Italian (24)
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