Zadie Smith on Grace Paley's "My Father Addresses Me on the Facts of Old Age"
The author on the New Yorker story that inspired her story "The Silence."
The author on the New Yorker story that inspired her story "The Silence."
Well, you certainly don't go out anyplace less than dressed, not these days. Can't let anybody mistake you for that broken, misused little girl: Eleanora Fagan. No. Let there be no confusion…
From Fred Astaire's elegance to Beyoncé's power, Zadie Smith is inspired by dancers as much she is by other writersThe connection between writing and dancing has been much on my mind recent…