September 9, 2007

Broadcast Date: 
Sep 9 2007

Remembering poet, author, and activist Grace Paley (1922-2007); an interview with Eytan Fox, director of the new Israeli film The Bubble

Episode segments
  • Remembering Grace Paley
    Obituaries

    Vera Williams is a celebrated author and illustrator of children's books, most recently, Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart (HarperCollins); she collaborated with Grace Paley on the book Long Walks and Intimate Talks (Feminist Press)

     
    Esther Kaplan, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Audio of Grace Paley from the Beyond the Pale archives, including excerpts from an interview and Grace reading her essay "Three Days and a Question," her short story "Afraid," and her poem, "The Responsibility of the Poet," plus remembrances by Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz and Vera Williams 

  • The Bubble
    Film
    Eytan Fox is the director of the films Walk on Water, Yossi & Jagger, and most recently The Bubble 
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    The Bubble tells the story of a group of Jewish Israeli twentysomethings who live inside "the bubble" of Tel Aviv's social life; reality rushes in when one of their crowd falls in love with a Palestinian man