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Alice Walker
Born
in Eatonton, Georgia, The United States February 09, 1944
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Howard Zinn, Zora Neale Hurston
Noted American writerAlice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her stance against racism and sexism in such novels asThe 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 includeThe Third Life of Grange Copeland,Meridian,The Temple of My Familiar, andPossessing the Secret of Joy. In public life, Walker worked to address problems of injustice, inequality, and poverty as an activist, teacher, and public intellectual.
Noted American writerAlice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her stance against racism and sexism in such novels asThe 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 includeThe Third Life of Grange Copeland,Meridian,The Temple of My Familiar, andPossessing 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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Nobody Is Coming to Save Us
I was born into an America that was always a myth. Which is to say, its idea of itself was all there was; the reality of “America” as some imagined it, never existed. Land of the free, Home of the brave. No. Never was. And what has that meant? Neverland. This is the America witnessed every day by generations of Black, Brown, Native American, and poor White people. Also Women who, though indoctRead more of this blog post »
Published onMarch 29, 2025 14:39
Alice Walker Average rating:4.24
· 852,789 ratings · 40,074 reviews ·289 distinct works •Similar authors
 | The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 726,111 ratings — published 1982 —388 editions | |
 | Possessing the Secret of Joy 4.09 avg rating — 15,611 ratings — published 1992 —55 editions | |
 | The Temple of My Familiar 4.05 avg rating — 14,794 ratings — published 1989 —74 editions | |
 | In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose 4.29 avg rating — 8,177 ratings — published 1983 —48 editions | |
 | Meridian 3.75 avg rating — 6,440 ratings — published 1976 —64 editions | |
 | Everyday Use by 3.90 avg rating — 4,909 ratings — published 1973 —11 editions | |
 | The Third Life Of Grange Copeland 4.14 avg rating — 4,534 ratings — published 1970 —50 editions | |
 | You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories 4.01 avg rating — 3,332 ratings — published 1971 —33 editions | |
 | By the Light of My Father's Smile 3.89 avg rating — 3,326 ratings — published 1998 —34 editions | |
 | In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women 4.08 avg rating — 2,463 ratings — published 1973 —32 editions |
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Quotes by Alice Walker (?)
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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker
― Alice Walker
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”
― Alice Walker
― Alice Walker
“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
― alice walker,The Color Purple
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