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Alice Walker
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born
February 09, 1944
in Eatonton, Georgia, The United States
gender
female
website
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influences
Howard Zinn, Zora Neale Hurston
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OnSunday November 8, 2009, Alice Walker was invited to appear at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City, as a participant in a series of dialogues exploring the many meanings to be found in Carl Jung's recently published Red Book . Her dialogue partner wasHarry Fogarty, PhD, a Jungian analyst in New York [...]
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The Color Purple
  4.08 avg rating — 113,489 ratings
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1982
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The Temple Of My Familiar
  3.96 avg rating — 5,036 ratings
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1989
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
3.99 avg rating — 4,930 ratings
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1992
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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose
4.10 avg rating — 1,901 ratings
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1983
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Meridian
3.58 avg rating — 1,805 ratings
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1976
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By The Light Of My Father's Smile
3.80 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
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1999
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You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Short Stories
3.93 avg rating — 849 ratings
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2011
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Third Life Of Grange Copeland
3.89 avg rating — 901 ratings
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1970
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The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart
3.91 avg rating — 656 ratings
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2012
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Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart: A Novel
by Alice Walker, Alfre Woodard 3.66 avg rating — 658 ratings
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2004
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“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple
“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker
― Alice Walker
“Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.”
― Alice Walker
― Alice Walker
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| The Book Challenge: Sarah's 2008 50 book Challenge | 39 | 352 | Oct 08, 2008 08:59pm | |
| The Book Challenge: Sarah's 2008 Book Challenge v2.0 - Fini! | 5 | 551 | Dec 29, 2008 09:31am | |
| Historical Fictio...: * The Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List: Chapter 1, Historical Fiction | 5 | 1022 | Aug 03, 2009 08:14pm | |
| Novel Ladies: Athira's 2010 Reading Log | 24 | 25 | Sep 10, 2009 08:24pm | |
| The Seasonal Read...: FALL CHALLENGE 2009 PLANS | 174 | 1301 | Oct 14, 2009 08:10am | |
| 100+ Books in 2012: Laura's Books | 8 | 55 | Nov 24, 2009 07:28am | |
| Novel Ladies: Sue's 2010 reading log | 26 | 32 | Dec 12, 2009 09:22pm | |
| 100+ Books in 2012: Susan's 100+ Reading Challenge | 93 | 274 | Dec 30, 2009 02:32pm | |
| The Next Best Boo...: Tani's Goals for 2009 | 25 | 250 | Jan 01, 2010 03:05pm | |
| Cover to Cover Ch...: Aths' Race to 144 in 2010 | 13 | 40 | Jan 12, 2010 04:49pm |
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