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Grace Paley

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3 picks · 1978–1979

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Love
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Fiction, from 1979: I told my husband, I’ve just written a poem about love. What a good idea, he said.

Friends
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Fiction, from 1979: “I don’t think it’s right to complain about the character of the dying or start hustling all their motives into the spotlight like that.”

Somewhere Else
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Fiction, from 1978: We were to a tourist in love with the Chinese revolution, Mao Tse-tung, and the Chinese people.