{"product_id":"a-grace-paley-reader-grace-paley-9780374537418","title":"A Grace Paley Reader: Stories, Essays, and Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Books We Loved in 2017\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Grace Paley Reader\u003c\/i\u003e compiles a selection of Paley's writing across genres, showcasing her breadth of work as well as her extraordinary insight and brilliant economy of words.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A writer like Paley,\" writes George Saunders, \"comes along and brightens language up again, takes it aside and gives it a pep talk, sends it back renewed, so it can do its job, which is to wake us up.\" Best known for her inimitable short stories, Grace Paley was also an enormously talented essayist and poet, as well as a fierce activist. She was a tireless member of the antiwar movement, the civil rights movement, the tenants' rights movement, the anti-nuclear-power movement, and the Women's Pentagon Action, among other causes, and proved herself to be a passionate citizen of each of her communities--New York City and rural Vermont.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Paley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374537410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374537418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Grace Paley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047962767615,"sku":"9780374537418","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7e97c29-bcba-4ca4-b1b7-da4f7775941f.jpg?v=1684993135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-grace-paley-reader-grace-paley-9780374537418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}