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(1922-2007) Writer, poet. Grace Paley was a writer of short fiction and poetry. She was born in the Bronx, New York, and was elected to the Academy of American Arts and Letters in 1980. She was named New York’s first state author from 1986 to 1988.

Full Name

Grace Paley

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Paley taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York.

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OTHER

Paley taught at several colleges, including Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

1922

BIRTH

Grace Goodside (Grace Paley) was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1922.

1938

OTHER

In 1938 and 1939, Paley attended Hunter College and New York University in Manhattan, New York.

1942

RESIDENCE

Paley married in 1942 and moved to Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.

1959

LITWORK

The Little Disturbances of Man: Stories of Men and Women at Love
Doubleday.

Short stories.

1974

LITWORK

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Short stories.

1985

LITWORK

Later the Same Day
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Short stories.

1985

LITWORK

Leaning Forward


Poetry.

1991

LITWORK

Long Walks and Intimate Talks


Stories and poems.

1992

LITWORK

Begin Again


Poestry.

1992

LITWORK

New and Collected Poems


Poetry.

1994

LITWORK

Collected Stories
Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Collection of short stories.

1998

LITWORK

Just As I Thought


Collection of essays and other writings.

2007

DEATH

Grace Paley died in Thetford Hill, Vermont, in 2007.

2009

LITWORK

Fidelity: Poems
Farrar, Straus and Giroux Paperbacks.
978-0-374-53171-3; 0-374-53171-4
Collection of poetry.

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