Grace Paley may be the most underrated of New York twentieth-century writers. Born Grace Goodside in the Bronx, in 1922, she grew up in a Russian-Jewish family with strong socialist ideals. Paley ...

When Judith Arcana first approached short story author and activist Grace Paley about writing her biography, Paley said no. “She said she didn’t think there should be a book just about her” Arcana ...

Great reads around the web, from Damon Darlin, Steven Erlanger and others. Compiled by Anna Dubenko “A Grace Paley Reader” contains some of her acclaimed stories, a selection of poems and several ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author Grace Paley wrote decades ago of Jewish people being called antisemitic when they criticize Israel's actions. (Toby Talbot ...

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 ...

Susan Salter Reynolds is a Times staff writer. THERE are career writers, authors whose every move seems to further their art or their marketability. Then there are the others -- writers whose ...

NEW YORK – 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 ...