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Alice Walker



Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, feminist, womanist, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she wrote the novel The Color Purple, for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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A Conversation with Alice Walker

The bestselling author discusses her role as a global citizen and her connection with nature, history, and activism

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Hard Times Require Furious Dancing | Alice Walker | Talks at Google

In October, 2010, Alice Walker joined Googlers in Mountain View for a day of conversation and readings from her latest book of poetry, Hard Times Require Furious Dancing.

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Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for Our Planet

We are thirteen indigenous grandmothers. . . .

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe more I wonder, the more I love.

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Alice Walker Talks About Self-Perception and Love in Zora Neale Hurston’s Work

Here, Alice Walker discusses self-perception and self-love among writers and people of color.

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Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973–1987

In meditative and passionate prose, these provocative essays explore feminist, environmental, and political issues and shed new light on racial debates, including the controversy surrounding Walker’s bestseller, The Color Purple.

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Alice Walker

Patricia Gras speaks with Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageI’m mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can’t even bring themselves to talk.

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Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart

This anthology presents more than 30 essays from eminent women trailblazers--such as author Alice Walker, psychiatrist Jean Shinoda Bolen, playwright Eve Ensler, holistic doctor Rachel Naomi Remen, biologist Janine Benyus, hip-hop performer Rha Goddess, and famous tree-sitter Julia Butterfly...

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‘This Is the Time for Poetry’: A Conversation with Alice Walker

The Pulitzer-winning author discusses the role of literature in moments of upheaval, the importance of women’s rights, and more.

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