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Ezra Klein
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Kathy G.
Via James Wolcott comes the sad news that Grace Paley has passed away.
Paley, who was 84, was a great stalwart of the antiwar and women’s movements, a New Yorker through and through, and a prodigiously gifted writer. If you’ve never read her, do yourself a favor and pick up her Collected Stories. You’ll be dazzled by her warmth, wit, passion, empathy, and colloquial eloquence.
Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more. More by Ezra Klein
