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Alice Walker


Born
in Eatonton, Georgia, The United States
February 09, 1944

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Genre
Fiction, Poetry, African American

Influences
Howard Zinn, Zora Neale Hurston


Noted American writer Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her stance against racism and sexism in such novels as The Color Purple (1982).

People awarded this preeminent author of stories, essays, and poetry of the United States. In 1983, this first African woman for fiction also received the national book award. Her other books include The Third Life of Grange Copeland , Meridian , The Temple of My Familiar , and Possessing the Secret of Joy . In public life, Walker worked to address problems of injustice, inequality, and poverty as an activist, teacher, and public intellectual.

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Happy Birthday, Rebecca Walker. November 17th; the day, years ago, shortly after birth, when you saw roses for the first time!

In the shamanic tradition of offering what one has for free, this artist sat in the sun, on the floor of our house, and painted this tree for you.  It is our gift: the reality that what is given from the heart is beyond price. ~aw
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Average rating: 4.24 · 878,975 ratings · 42,381 reviews · 244 distinct works • Similar authors
The Color Purple
4.28 avg rating — 749,117 ratings — published 1982 — 15 editions
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
4.09 avg rating — 15,760 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions
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The Temple of My Familiar
4.05 avg rating — 14,961 ratings — published 1989 — 72 editions
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In Search of Our Mothers' G...
4.29 avg rating — 8,317 ratings — published 1983 — 46 editions
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Meridian
3.75 avg rating — 6,580 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions
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3.90 avg rating — 5,082 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions
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The Third Life Of Grange Co...
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You Can't Keep a Good Woman...
4.01 avg rating — 3,396 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions
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By the Light of My Father's...
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The Color Purple The Temple of My Familiar Possessing the Secret of Joy
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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker
tags: acceptance, friendship
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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
― Alice Walker
tags: inspirational
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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
tags: color, god, purple, religion
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Polls

What book would you like to read for our February 2023 Group Read? The theme is Purple.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Historical Fiction, Modern Classic
 
  38 votes 20.9%

 
  33 votes 18.1%

Violeta by Isabel Allende
Historical Fiction, Magical Realism
 
  23 votes 12.6%

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Africa, Historical Fiction
 
  19 votes 10.4%

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Children, Fantasy, Young Adult
 
  16 votes 8.8%

 
  16 votes 8.8%

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Mystery, Contemporary, Thriller
 
  15 votes 8.2%

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Young Adult, Fantasy, Magical Realism
 
  12 votes 6.6%

Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
 
  6 votes 3.3%

Invisible Wounds by Tom Milton
Fiction, PTSD
 
  4 votes 2.2%

182 total votes
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