A Conversation With My Father by Grace Paley

Grace PaleyAbout: This quick, captivating, thought-provoking text is a beautiful story about a writer and her dying father. Read closely, and you're sure to experience all sorts of feelings at the end. Quote: ...'I would lie you to write a simple story just once more,' he says, 'the kind Maupassant wrote, or Chekhov, the kind you used to write. Just recognizable people and then write down what happened to them next.' I say, 'Yes, why not? That's possible.' I want to please him, though I don't remember writing that way...Everyone, real or invented, deserved the open destiny of life." To read, click here. [Photo via @stephaniejayne25]
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