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    <body><![CDATA[  <br/>  This is a book of essays. I found them uneven yet interesting. Her picture getting arrested as an activist gave me pride. Seeing her in the struggle reinforced my own sense of self.<br/>  The sentence I marked on pg. xxv, she wrote speaking about her beloved friends. &quot;But it is their...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35004874">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thus far, this is my favorite nonfiction book. It shouldn't surprise me that it is from the same author as my favorite work of fiction, The Color Purple. This book is full of personal accounts and insights, thought provoking and heartfelt. It reinforced within me that I am on the right path and has ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/986546">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book.  Its a collection of essays from Walker during various stages of her life.  The subjects are as varied, complex and controversial as Ms. Walkers writing style itself.  She pulls no punches and manages to inform, educate, and captivate me by the end of the last essay.  A hodge podg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5764264">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I considered grad school in writing, I had no desire to publish-- the idea of it made me feel both self-conscious and self-importatn.  And then I read this book and realized that art and writing can be another manifestation of the activism that I want to embody in my life.  And Walker's activis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1049475">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[well....I'm having some difficulty really getting into ANY book right now.  This has been on my shelf for the last 6 years, and I think I might give it a try, since I just saw Alice Walker speak.  That is if my super short summer attention span can last long enough with ANY book.....gah.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An amazing collection of essays that are another great source of information on how to lead a happy, satisfied and productive life...<br/><br/>and it made me desperately want dreadlocks.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am re-reading this book because I love it so much.  This book is full of &quot;soul food&quot; and I may pick up The Color Purple again as well!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I go back to this collection of Alice Walker essays time and time again. It speaks to me in new ways every time I pick it up.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a great collection of essays. nice to read on a commute or when gallaventing around town. alice walker is brilliant, as usual.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[From the title, I need to read something like that, probably because i'm about to lose something i truely don't want to miss]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such an inspiring collection from a Goddess among women. This book of essays offers much for change makers.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The night I read these essays I cried all the way through.  Probably the most moving non-fiction I have ever read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alice Walker's essays, so greatful for her support of Winnie Mandela among other things.]]></body>
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