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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;I held him so and rocked him. I cradled him. I closed my eyes and leaned on his dark head. But the sun in its course emerged from among the water towers of downtown office buildings and suddenly shone white and bright on me. Then through the short fat fingers of my son, interred forever, like ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5578192">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Grace Paley's voice--the idiosyncratic, strong, quirky, voices of her mostly women characters.  She almost writes in a NYC dialect of her own making.  These short stories are almost like plays--carried mostly by dialogue or monologue.  I love the fact that Paley was a peace activist in the 60...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51394519">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[blah. couldnt get into it. thought the short stories would be fun and entertaining (especially after reading the back). so not the case. i didnt particularly enjoy one story over the other. didnt like the voice in which the author wrote, didnt like the writing, and hated all the constant swearing. v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45072562">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Grace Paley was a master of the short story and this collection which captures some of her best work and accurately reflects her concerns in life: working class politics, the role of women, the realities of poverty and the life of an urban dweller is a great place to start.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my gosh, I could read Grace Paley all day long. I was so sad when she died. I suppose this book is about relationships, which she captures well, but moreover, it's about language and poetry and how to capture truth in words. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley is one of the finest collections of short stories I've ever read. The subtitle says &quot;Stories of Men and Women in Love&quot; but it's bleak and depressing stuff.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I am traveling I want Grace with me. Her stories about interactions between men and women help me stay grounded, not as if I am hurtling through the air at 35,000 feet. This is very helpful and I suppose its because her stories all take place in New York City. On my most recent trip I took her ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19560953">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Grace Paley is an essential feminist for a reason.  These stories certainly were dated, but I could still feel the impact 50 years later.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I see now why Amy Hempel loves Grace Paley. Some of the stories were incredible, others not so much, but overall I loved it. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Full of characters I guess I'd call jaunty, tough, smart in the sense of freshness. The first five stories are tight and efficient, the back five expand a little, all are top notch except maybe the last, which seems to kind of plunge into a completely other aesthetic region. The book never flinches ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8355557">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Paley is a genius at capturing the discombobulated syntax of the great unwashed, circa New York City-Mid 20th Century.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[With Paley’s first story collection (1959) she comes right out of the (metaphorical) box with great writing and quirky (that’s a compliment) stories. <br/>And she only got better. <br/><br/><br/>Goodbye and Good Luck   ****0 (4 stars)<br/>A Woman, Young and Old  ***00<br/>The Pale Pink Roa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30884838">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Grace Paley's first and best collection of stories, this includes some of the finest stories written by an American in the past 50 years: although it is hard to choose, I would say my favorites are &quot;The Loudest Voice&quot; and &quot;In Time Which Made a Monkey of Us All.&quot; Paley rarely wrot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10199599">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book. It'll only take a day or so, and it is incredible.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Irreverence is done so well here. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story that really stands out for me is &quot;The Irrevocable Diameter&quot;.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is a frankness and wit here, as well as the palpable love you  want in any short story, that just breaks you in half. In Paley's case the love is entwined with sex-- one turns into the other and back again. That may sound sort of gross, but she is hilarious and fun. I hate when people refer to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/598769">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This writer is amazing. I'm not usually into short stories, but I found it fascinating how in every story, the persona was so completely different. The author took on the voice so completely it's hard to believe she isn't each of those people. I have never encountered a writer who can become and swi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20926269">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm getting a bit boring with the 3-star rating, but what can I say? I didn't hate Paley's _The Little Disturbances of Man_ but it didn't strike me the way her collected stories did, either. <br/><br/>For all her dialogue and great Jewish-New Yorker-banter, Paley's stories give me the feeling they...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2942798">more...</a>]]></body>
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