Grace Paley Centennial

Published: April 6, 2023, 5 p.m.

b'Host Meg Wolitzer shares our tribute to the influential and outspoken New Yorker Grace Paley, who would have turned 100 in 2022. Her emphasis on friends, family, and doing the right thing are evident in the three stories on this show. In \\u201cWants,\\u201d a woman has a chance encounter while returning a lot of overdue library books. It\\u2019s read by Adina Verson. Two old friends work their way from childhood to middle age in \\u201cRuthy and Edie,\\u201d read by Rita Wolf. And we meet a woman with a wonderfully checkered past in \\u201cGoodbye and Good Luck,\\u201d read by Joanna Gleason. Backstage interviews with Wolf and Gleason are featured.'