by Grace Paley
First published 2014
This collection gathers Grace Paley's complete poetic works, including previously unpublished pieces alongside her four earlier volumes. The poems move between two worlds that shaped her voice: the bustling energy of New York City and the quiet strength of rural Vermont. Paley writes about friendship's rewards and life's unexpected turns. She tackles social wrongs with the same attention she gives to daily pleasures. Her verses carry the same direct warmth and sharp wit that made her short stories beloved. These poems speak in a voice that refuses to look away from either beauty or injustice, finding both in the texture of ordinary days.
Genres: american-fiction, 20th-century, american, poetry, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Setting: New York City, Vermont
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
213 pages · Kindle Edition · Farrar, Straus and Giroux