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Alice Walker
Mindful poems about tolerance, justice and hope for the Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.
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Fitting for all ages, Mommy Says I Have Butterflies brings comfort about nervousness in new situations paired with butterfly education specially suited to young ages.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple gives readers her first new collection of poetry in more than a decade, poems that reaffirm her as one of the best…
In this "brilliant" (Essence) sequel to The Color Purple, Alice Walker weaves an intricate, rich tapestry of interrelated lives.
This edition includes a new Letter to the Reader by Alice…
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and The Temple of My Familiar now gives readers a beautiful new novel that is at once…
Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence –Back cover.
A fantastic collection of stories - funny, touching, surprising - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE
‘A romance of the last 500,000 years’ from the Pulitzer prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE.
Alice Walker’s powerful first novel.
From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, a unique collection of essays about her life and her activism
From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, fiction and autobiography blend in this fabulously rich collection of short stories
Described by the author as a romance of the last 500,000 years, Walker’s novel offers a poetic narrative of the black experience in America.
In her bestselling novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, Walker opened the door to a long-hidden secret by bringing female genital multilation to prominence. This book–based on Parmer’s extraordinary film–chronicles…
From Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner The Color Purple, comes Meridian, a classic novel of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement (Ms.).
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Color Purple: a moving, tender novel of a Deep South tenant farmer’s quest for a new life (Publishers Weekly).
Walker’s complete poems, including new and previously unpublished verse, collected for the first time-with author’s notes that provide historical perspective on spiritual and political issues of the last three decades.
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This latest collection of Walker’s essays interspersed with journal entries is the most deeply spiritual of her works thus far. Here are her meditations on matters both planetary and personal–a…
These poems are about revolutionaries and lovers-about how, both in revolution and in love, loss of trust and compassion robs us of hope. They are also about (and for) those…
In this groundbreaking classic essay collection, Alice Walker speaks out as a Black woman, writer, mother, and feminist on topics ranging from the personal to the political.
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Fourteen stories that explore the contradictions of modern America.
Short fiction about the female experience from the New York Times best-selling author of The Color Purple, one of the best American writers of today (Washington Post).
‘Alice Walker in this, the most beautiful, the most compassionate, the most sensuous of novels, has created a masterpiece. It is one of the most life-enhancing novels you could hope…
The new novel from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, ‘This legendary writer, who with her pen has changed lives and moved minds’ (Pride)
The first collection of Alice Walker’s non-fiction spanning fifteen years in the career of this remarkable writer.
The collected poems of the Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE COLOR PURPLE.
The Chicken Chronicles captures Walker’s blossoming relationship with her chickens and is an extraordinary document of personal recovery, political commitment, and the joys of relating to animals.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Walker ( The Color Purple ) confronts personal and collective challenges in words that dance, sing, and heal, in this new collection of poems. b&w illustrations.
This sweet story gives you all the comfort needed when trying something new. Mommy Says I Have Butterflies brings comfort paired with butterfly education specially suited to young ages who…
Set in the period between the world wars, this novel tells of two sisters, their trials, and their survival.
The Hachette Essentials edition of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name. ‘One of the greatest books of all time’ Benjamin Zephaniah
A memoir about keeping chickens from the author of THE COLOR PURPLE
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Alice Barker
Discover early learning fun for little ones with Felt Play Learn Unicorns!
Find the soft felt play pieces to match the pictures and create magical felt scenes to learn about…
Martin Eder
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 2,0, University of Passau, language: English, abstract: This term paper provides the concept of…
A compendium of information and opinion on gender issues in The color purple, including background on the author and perspectives on women’s issues in general.
Claudia Johnson
Mary Donnelly
A biography of writer Alice Walker that describes her era, her major work–The Color Purple, her life, and the legacy of her writing –Provided by publisher.
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
M. Harris
This work enlivens the debate in African and African American religious thought about the fluidity of spirituality and widens the conversation to encourage readers to embrace religious traditions inclusive of…
This collection includes compelling conversations between acclaimed writer Walker and other significant literary and cultural figures, including Gloria Steinem, Howard Zinn, and Pema Chodron. Noted scholar Byrd sets Walker’s work…
