By
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.
