grace paley didn't publish all that many books. yet vermont still named her its state poet laureate. my friend emily from kibbutz introduced me to paley's work. i loved emily, and wanted to love what she loved :-) despite that, i still enjoyed the short stories. they seemed to be written about the family i would have had if my relatives had emigrated to the usa instead of germany and then england. i continue to wonder, however, whether i like things because they are familiar and thus i connect to them. surely that is different from appreciating skill and art? with grace paley i am certain there is a little of both.
the ny times obit
ap obit, which quotes grace paley's comment on her stories:
"None of it happened, and yet every word of it is true,"
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