The collected stories / Grace Paley.

Originally published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c1994.

Two ears, three lucks -- The little disturbances of man. Goodbye and good luck -- A woman, young and old -- The pale pink roast -- The loudest voice -- The contest -- An interest in life -- An irrevocable diameter -- Two short sad stories from a long and happy life. The used-boy raisers ; A subject of childhood -- In time which made a monkey of us all -- The floating truth -- Enormous changes at the last minute. Wants -- Debts -- Distance -- Faith in the afternoon -- Gloomy tune -- Living -- Come on, ye sons of art -- Faith in a tree -- Samuel -- The burdened man -- Enormous changes at the last minute -- Politics -- Northeast playground -- The little girl -- A conversation with my father -- The immigrant story -- The long-distance runner -- Later the same day. Love -- Dreamer in a dead language -- In the garden -- Somewhere else -- Lavinia: an old story -- Friends -- At that time, or the history of a joke -- Anxiety -- In this country, but in another language, my aunt refuses to marry the men everyone wants her to -- Mother -- Ruthy and Edie -- A man told me the story of his life -- The story hearer -- This is a story about my friend George, the toy inventor -- Zagrowsky tells -- The expensive moment -- Listening.