Gish Jen shares why Grace Paley's story about dying friends has grown more powerful for her over the years.
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Gish Jen's Paley reading finds the ache and wit inside friendship when time is running short.
Gish Jen reads Grace Paley's "Friends" with an unusually personal charge: she knew Paley, loved her, and says the words bring the writer's voice back to her. Deborah Treisman sets up the archival choice plainly, then lets the story's talk do the work.
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