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Video: Creativity Conversation with Alice Walker, Pearl Cleage, & Valerie Boyd

Filmed October 2, 2012 Emory University Atlanta-based novelist and playwright Pearl Cleage joins writer Alice Walker for a conversation that focuses on their creative influences, the writers they read, and how they’ve been inspired by each other’s work. The conversation, hosted by Rosemary Magee, is moderated by University of Georgia journalism professor and author Valerie more »

Book: The Temple of My Familiar

OVER FOUR MONTHS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In The Temple of My Familiar, Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all dealing in some way with the legacy of the African experience in America. From recent African immigrants, to a woman who grew up in the more »

Article: ‘At home in this universe’: Alice Walker in her own words

Posted to the New Internationalist | Aug 2012 Web exclusive The award-winning author, poet and activist considers herself above all a daughter of the Earth, as she explains to Frank Barat. What’s your earliest memory? I think my earliest memory is of being enchanted by dust motes as I crawled around a handmade wooden chair. more »

Outcomes of the Russell Tribunal 2012

Executive Summary of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine Available“The fourth session of the Russell Tribunal continued its historic function of articulating civic protest and carrying the weight of insufferable conditions at a moment when the world society is facing its most incredible challenges. It should be noted that the UN Charter was created to emphasize more »

Article & Poem: Democratic Womanism

Article Reprint | Published: October 11, 2012 in Congnitive Liberty “I Will Not Vote For Evil; I Want A Different System” By Alice Walker, illustration by Irene O’Connell This year marks the 30th anniversary of Alice Walker’s, Pulitzer Price-winning book, The Color Purple. She was recently at George Mason University reading from this great work. more »

Article: Alice Walker Writing What’s Right

Article Reprint | Published: October 1, 2012 on Guernica Magazine “Alice Walker: Writing What’s Right” By Megan Labrise Banned Books Week: The author of The Color Purple (and one of America’s most censored writers) tells Megan Labrise about finding wisdom in the songs of ancestors, why her acclaimed novel won’t be translated into Hebrew, and more »

Article: “Go to the Places That Scare You” Yes Magazine

“The acclaimed novelist on why a life worth living is a life worth fighting for.” Reprint “Go to the Places That Scare You”by Valerie Schloredt Posted Oct 02, 2012 Yes Magazine “Alice Walker is a poet, essayist, and commentator, but she’s best known for her prodigious accomplishments as a writer of literary fiction. Her novel more »

Article: The US on Trial in NY: The Russell Tribunal on Palestine

Reprint fromJadaliyyaThe US on Trial in NY: The Russell Tribunal on Palestineby Noura Erakat | Oct 05 2012Last week at the UN General Assembly, Barack Obama, President of the world’s most powerful country, exalted the United Nations and the ideals upon which it was built. Namely, that“people can resolve their differences peacefully, that diplomacy can more »

Article: Palestine is no longer a dirty word

October 5, 2012 post from theNew Internationalist Blogwritten byFrank Barat:Palestine is no longer a dirty word“Can you guage an event’s success even before it starts?That’s the question I have been asking myself since I landed in New York a few days ago. I am here to organize, with many other comrades, and take part in, more »

30th Anniversary of “The Color Purple” Alice speaks with Democracy Now! on Current Global Issues

Special Edition of Democracy Now! Inteview with Alice Legacy of “The Color Purple”: Racism, Violence Against Women Are Global Issues Palestine Conditions Segment 2: “More brutal” than in U.S. South of 50 Years Ago, Says Author Alice Walker “Democratic Womanism” Segment 3: Poet and Activist Alice Walker on Women Rising, Obama, and the 2012 Election more »