Grace Paley

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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1985
  • Latest Book:
    November 2020
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Book List in Order: 10 titles

  • The Little Disturbances of Man

    This collection includes stories about men and women in the thick of life and the tumultuous relationships they share. Anything can, and does, happen to the loving couples, bickering couples, deserted wives and discarded husbands....

  • Later the Same Day

    Grace Paley's stature among writers of short fiction was established by her first collection, The Little Disturbances of Man (1959), and reconfirmed with the publication of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute in 1974. This new book, a selection from...

  • Enormous Changes at the Last Minute

    In Enormous Changes at the Last Minute, originally published in 1974, Grace Paley "makes the novel as a form seem virtually redundant" (Angela Carter, London Review of Books). Her stories here capture "the itch of the city, love between parents and c...

  • Ergo the Bumbershoot

  • Long Walks and Intimate Talks

    This first collaboration of two longtime feminist and antiwar activists melds word and image to create a powerful call for world peace. Paley’s poems and short fiction and Williams’s watercolors depict the dignity of ordinary lives from El Salvad...

  • The Collected Stories

    This reissue of Grace Paley's classic collection -- a finalist for the National Book Award -- demonstrates her rich use of language as well as her extraordinary insight into and compassion for her characters, moving from the hilarious to the tragic a...

  • Here and Somewhere Else

    Husband and wife, parents and grandparents, Grace Paley and Robert Nichols are two writers and activists who constantly engage the world. Here and Somewhere Else, including uncollected or unpublished fiction by both Paley and Nichols, encompasses div...

  • A Grace Paley Reader

    "A writer like Paley," writes George Saunders, “comes along and brightens language up again, takes it aside and gives it a pep talk, sends it back renewed, so it can do its job, which is to wake us up.” Best known for her inimitable short stories...

  • The Collected Stories of Grace Paley

    'This is a collection full of energy and stunning, quiet innovation ... it spills over with contempt, raucous humour, sadness and generosity. In it, life and language are synonymous, and there is no higher praise. What a wonderful book' Ali Smith ...



  • Dreamer in a Dead Language

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Grace Paley has published 10 books.

Grace Paley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dreamer in a Dead Language, was published in November 2020.

The first book by Grace Paley, The Little Disturbances of Man, was published in January 1985.

No. Grace Paley does not write books in series.
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