Grace Paley, Interview with The Paris Review (1992)
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I was just reading Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, and I felt the American war in Vietnam in my bones.
— Grace Paley on Tim O'Brien (author)
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About Grace Paley
Grace Paley (December 11 1922 – August 22 2007) was a Jewish American short story writer, poet, teacher, and political activist. The 1994 edition of her Collected Stories was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
About Grace Paley
Grace Paley (December 11 1922 – August 22 2007) was a Jewish American short story writer, poet, teacher, and political activist. The 1994 edition of her Collected Stories was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
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