Grace Paley (1922 - 2007) was an author of short stories, a poet, teacher, and an antiwar, social justice, feminist activist. Her three collections of stories, The Little Disturbances of Man, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute, and Later the Same Day, were published together in The Collected Stories, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Her poetry collections include Leaning Forward, Begin Again, and Fidelity, published posthumously.