Wants

"Grace [Paley]’s sentences are identifiable a mile away. She packs more humanity, longing, regret, humor and pathos into the three pages that make up 'Wants' than many doorstop novels, and yet the art is invisible. Her enormous control, her exquisite precision, are deployed entirely in the service of her characters’ internal lives." - Dani Shapiro, author of Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life About the Author: Born in the Bronx in 1922, Grace Paley was a renowned writer and activist. Her Collected Stories was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. She was the author of five collections of stories and five collections of poems; Fidelity, her final volume of poetry was published after her death in Vermont on August 22, 2007. About the Guest Editor: Dani Shapiro is the author of five novels and three memoirs. Her newest, Still Writing: The Pleasures and Perils of a Creative Life, is just out in paperback. About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction.