Grace Paley (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
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Grace Paley began writing short stories in the mid-1950’s, in her thirties, after having two children. She was born to Russian Jewish immigrants and was educated at Hunter College and New York University. She studied poetry with the famous British poet W. H. Auden. In 1942, she married Jess Paley, a veteran, freelance photographer, and cameraman.
After the war, the couple moved to lower Manhattan, where Paley has resided since. Her early interest in poetry and her ability as a...
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