Quote by: Grace Paley

I developed a definition - which I think becomes less and less accurate as poetry moves into the world - that poetry was a way of speaking to the world, but fiction was a way to get the world to speak to me.


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Author Bio


  • NameGrace Paley
  • DescriptionAmerican writer and activist
  • BornDecember 11, 1922
  • DiedAugust 22, 2007
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Teacher