Alice Walker





Alice Walker


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

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Howard Zinn, Zora Neale Hurston


Alice Walker, one of the United States’ preeminent writers, is an award-winning author of novels, stories, essays, and poetry. In 1983, Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel The Color Purple, which also won 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 her public life, Walker has worked to address problems of injustice, inequality, and poverty as an activist, teacher, and public intellectual.

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Other Great News From “Other People’s Everything, Inc.” There are almost too many great books lately to sharewith any kind of depth, but if I keep putting off writing about them I’m afraid they will vanish. I will list the ones that come to mind and between chores attempt to fill in what’s missing: you read more » Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 4.13 · 425,549 ratings · 10,624 reviews · 141 distinct works · Similar authors
The Color Purple

4.15 avg rating — 366,862 ratings — published 1982 — 137 editions
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The Temple of My Familiar

4.04 avg rating — 11,483 ratings — published 1989 — 30 editions
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Possessing the Secret of Joy

4.05 avg rating — 11,385 ratings — published 1992 — 25 editions
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In Search of Our Mothers' G...

4.20 avg rating — 5,253 ratings — published 1983 — 17 editions
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Meridian

3.67 avg rating — 3,672 ratings — published 1976 — 25 editions
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Third Life Of Grange Copeland

4.01 avg rating — 2,336 ratings — published 1970 — 20 editions
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By The Light Of My Father's...

3.83 avg rating — 2,306 ratings — published 1998 — 22 editions
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Everyday Use

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3.85 avg rating — 2,099 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions
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You Can't Keep a Good Woman...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,921 ratings — published 1971 — 17 editions
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Now Is the Time to Open You...

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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.”
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