I do like people who are willing to protest and try to make the world a better place!
Grace Paley
There’s a case to be made that Grace Paley was first and foremost an antinuclear, antiwar, antiracist feminist activist who managed, in her spare time, to become one of the truly original voices of American fiction in the later twentieth century. Just glance at the “chronology” section of “A Grace Paley Reader” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), a welcome new collection of her short stories, nonfiction, and poems, edited by Kevin Bowen and Paley’s daughter, Nora. 1961: Leads her Greenwich Village PTA in protests against atomic testing, founds the Women Strike for Peace, pickets the draft board, receives a Guggenheim Fellowship. 1966: Jailed for civil disobedience on Armed Forces Day, starts teaching at Sarah Lawrence. 1969: Travels to North Vietnam to bring home U.S. prisoners of war, wins an O. Henry Award.
Such political passion may seem in keeping with those times, but Paley didn’t slow down once…
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She was quite a hell-raiser! 😀
Oh! And thanks for the reblog!
You are welcome. Some things need broadcasting! Thanks for making me aware of her.
I like people like that who are passionate about making the world better!