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Alice Walker


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

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Genre
Fiction

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 60th Birthday, 3/30, beloved Tracy Chapman Thank you for showing us/what it can look like/the resolute flowering/of integrity. ~aw Alice and Tracy, with Tashi and Ginger, Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco.  Mid Nineties. Photo by: Passer by.
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Average rating: 4.24 · 782,530 ratings · 32,911 reviews · 267 distinct works • Similar authors
The Color Purple
4.27 avg rating — 684,118 ratings — published 1982 — 369 editions
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Possessing the Secret of Joy
4.09 avg rating — 15,374 ratings — published 1992 — 54 editions
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The Temple of My Familiar
4.05 avg rating — 14,480 ratings — published 1989 — 71 editions
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In Search of Our Mothers' G...
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Meridian
3.75 avg rating — 6,220 ratings — published 1976 — 63 editions
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The Third Life Of Grange Co...
4.13 avg rating — 4,374 ratings — published 1970 — 47 editions
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You Can't Keep a Good Woman...
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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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