Reading: Grace Paley

In this audiovisual recording from Wednesday, March 21, 1979, as part of the 10th Annual UND Writers Conference: “Epitomes, Bombast & Climaxes,” Grace Paley reads from her work. Paley reads a selection of poems, including “The Question,” a series of “One Day” poems, and “A Warning.” She reads the stories “Friends,” “Once,” and “The Northeast Playground.” Paley also responds to audience questions about bad language, her political activism, contemporary writers she admires, and her approach to fiction. Introduced by Dr. Sandra Donaldson, Department of English