A Tribute to Grace Paley

with Allan Gurganus, Amy Hempel, A.M. Homes, Galway Kinnell, Naomi Replansky, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Gerald Stern and Jean Valentine The literary community gathers to honor the life and work of the revered short-story writer, poet and model of 'combative pacificism,' Grace Paley. After studying with W.H. Auden at The New School in the 1940s, Paley went on to become a writer renowned for her articulation of the New York experience and a beloved friend and mentor to generations of writers. Grace Paley (1922-2007) is the author of such highly-acclaimed collections of short fiction as The Little Disturbances of Man and Enormous Changes at the Last Minute and several volumes of poetry, including Leaning Forward and the forthcoming Fidelity: A Book of Poems. Da