GRACE PALEY ~

R E V I E W

An honest appreciation to this marvelous short story writer —

I have read all her stories but it was only after I heard Grace Paley read one of her stories, in a small town church never mind,

that I figured I wouldn't have to go back and read the stories again. I have Grace in my mind. The poems are at-ease and communal, the essays come straight from one barricade or another, quite poignant.

George Saunders is always unusually focused dead-on his subject. The Vietnam soldier and poet Kevin Bowen is the ideal craftsman to locate this book, and Paley's daughter Nora brings it all home.

Don't hesitate.

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WHERE CID AND ORIGIN BEGAN ~

"Corman’s old house, 51 Jones Avenue, remains. It’s a duplex now, located at the end of the street, one side only retains the number 51 address, that place from where Corman sent out the copy of those early printings of Origin, the pages filled with writing by Creeley, Olson, Levertov and others."

— Kevin Bowen

photo: Keven Bowen

http://jacket2.org/article/reclaiming-corman