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http://www.cjh.org/event/1731
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Center for Jewish History
6.30pm
Remembering Grace Paley:
A panel discussion, with excerpts from Lilly
Rivlin's new film, Grace Paley: Collected Shorts
Discussion and Film Excerpts
Grace Paley combined a life as a master short story
writer, often compared to Chekhov, with political
activism, motherhood, teaching and being a cherished
friend. Ranked among the great writers of her
generation by peers like Philip Roth, Paley's work
has been translated into 92 languages. New York's
first official state author and poet laureate of
Vermont, her most important work was filtered
through her passion for social justice and her love
of humanity. Join filmmaker Lilly Rivlin; Claudia
Dreifus, prize-winning New York Times journalist and
science writer; Vivian Gornick, writer and critic;
Marianne Hirsch, Professor of English, Comparative
Literature and Gender Studies, Columbia University;
and Vera B. Williams, illustrator and
writer--friends, colleagues and observers of Grace
and her work--for an evening of stories and
reflections mixed with excerpts from Rivlin's
newly-released documentary Grace Paley: Collected
Shorts.
Presented by CJH, co-sponsored by
Jewish Women's Archive.
Read all about the evening. . .
The Big Life of a Small Woman
by Maya Klausner |
September 23, 2010
Tearful laughter, raunchy story telling, and punchy
witticisms are not the typical ingredients one
expects to find in a tribute to a late literary
legend. Then again, Grace Paley and ‘typical’ never
met. . .
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