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Alice Walker
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walker ( The Color Purple ) confronts personal and collective challenges in words that dance, sing, and heal, in this new collection of poems. b&w illustrations.
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Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence –Back cover.
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A New York Times bestseller, this novel tells the story of a tribal African woman now living in North America, who tries to reconcile her African heritage with her experience…
For the millions of her devoted fans–and for readers of Walker’s bestselling 2006 book, We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For in particular–here is a new gift of…
In this luminous collection of poems, Walker casts her eye on history, politics, and nature, as well as world figures. In tributes to such people as Jimmy Carter, Gloria Steinem…
Chronicling the conditions of human life today, Walker shows her compassion, spirituality, and political commitments.
In her bestselling novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, Walker opened the door to a long-hidden secret by bringing female genital multilation to prominence. This book–based on Parmer’s extraordinary film–chronicles…
Short fiction about the female experience from the New York Times best-selling author of The Color Purple, one of the best American writers of today (Washington Post).
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, Alice Walker’s collection of essays ranging in topics from personal to political. Thoughtful, intelligent, resonant musings. – Kirkus Reviews
The Hachette Essentials edition of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name. ‘One of the greatest books of all time’ Benjamin Zephaniah
Described by the author as a romance of the last 500,000 years, Walker’s novel offers a poetic narrative of the black experience in America.
Mindful poems about tolerance, justice and hope for the Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.
A fantastic collection of stories - funny, touching, surprising - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE
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Alice Walker’s powerful first novel.
‘Alice Walker in this, the most beautiful, the most compassionate, the most sensuous of novels, has created a masterpiece. It is one of the most life-enhancing novels you could hope…
From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, a unique collection of essays about her life and her activism
The new novel from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, ‘This legendary writer, who with her pen has changed lives and moved minds’ (Pride)
The first collection of Alice Walker’s non-fiction spanning fifteen years in the career of this remarkable writer.
The collected poems of the Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE.
Nominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read.
Un clasico del feminismo y la lucha contra el racismo…
Poet and activist Alice Walkers evocative, heartfelt poem personifies the power and wanton devastation of war. Vitales compelling paintings illustrate this unflinching look at wars destructive nature and unforeseen consequences…
In this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political.
This edition includes…
From Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner The Color Purple, comes Meridian, a classic novel of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement (Ms.).
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Color Purple: a moving, tender novel of a Deep South tenant farmer’s quest for a new life (Publishers Weekly).
Alice Walker’s early story,Everyday Use,has remained a cornerstone of her work. Her use of quilting as a metaphor for the creative legacy that African Americans inherited from their…
A memoir about keeping chickens from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE
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Edwin Mhandu
O livro explora o retrato do crime nas obras de Alice Walker. Argumenta que ao considerar o crime negro na America especialmente em relacao ao crime em geral, ha consideracoes…
Tereza Kaletova
This book attempts to introduce the real-life stories from Alice Walkers non-fiction. The stories illustrate violence, which happens not only as a result of war conflicts in developing countries, but…
Mary Donnelly
A biography of writer Alice Walker that describes her era, her major work–The Color Purple, her life, and the legacy of her writing –Provided by publisher.
M. Harris
This work enlivens the debate in African and African American religious thought about the fluidity of spirituality and widens the conversation to encourage readers to embrace religious traditions inclusive of…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
A compendium of information and opinion on gender issues in The color purple, including background on the author and perspectives on women’s issues in general.
This collection includes compelling conversations between acclaimed writer Walker and other significant literary and cultural figures, including Gloria Steinem, Howard Zinn, and Pema Chodron. Noted scholar Byrd sets Walker’s work…
Featuring a reprint of Alice Walker’s short stories Roselily and Am I Blue? , this little gift book carries a serious message about censorship. Holt’s Introduction decribes past forms of…
This latest collection of Walker’s essays interspersed with journal entries is the most deeply spiritual of her works thus far. Here are her meditations on matters both planetary and personal–a…
The Chicken Chronicles captures Walker’s blossoming relationship with her chickens and is an extraordinary document of personal recovery, political commitment, and the joys of relating to animals.
These poems are about revolutionaries and lovers-about how, both in revolution and in love, loss of trust and compassion robs us of hope. They are also about (and for) those…