Grace Paley
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300 short stories:: story 236
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Long-Distance Runner” author: Grace Paley year: 1974 where: The Louvre Abu Dhabi & home note: In this story, Paley reverses traditional black-white female race relations. It is a great story to read in conversation with Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers’ non-fiction book They Were Here Property. a line: “You in my house…. You do as I say.…
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300 short stories:: story 224
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Contest” author: Grace Paley year: 1959 where: casa dolce casa note: Il était une fois, there was a man who was intimidated by a woman who knew what she wanted. Small men call women selfish if they feel like a woman’s life will never revolve solely around them. It was true then, and it…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 