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Alice Walker

Born

in Eatonton, Georgia, The United States

February 09, 1944

Website

https://alicewalkersgarden.com/

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, African American

Influences

Howard Zinn, Zora Neale Hurston

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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 Birthday, Rebecca Walker. November 17th; the day, years ago, shortly after birth, when you saw roses for the first time!

In the shamanic tradition of offering what one has for free, this artist sat in the sun, on the floor of our house, and painted this tree for you. It is our gift: the reality that what is given from the heart is beyond price. ~aw

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Average rating: 4.24 · 882,022 ratings · 42,643 reviews · 247 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Color Purple 4.28 avg rating — 751,868 ratings — published 1982 — 385 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Possessing the Secret of Joy 4.09 avg rating — 15,780 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Temple of My Familiar 4.05 avg rating — 14,983 ratings — published 1989 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose 4.29 avg rating — 8,336 ratings — published 1983 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meridian 3.75 avg rating — 6,587 ratings — published 1976 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everyday Use by Alice Walker, Barbara T. Christian (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 5,099 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Third Life Of Grange Copeland 4.14 avg rating — 4,640 ratings — published 1970 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories 4.01 avg rating — 3,403 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the Light of My Father's Smile 3.89 avg rating — 3,392 ratings — published 1998 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women 4.08 avg rating — 2,528 ratings — published 1973 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen pub 1817, 251 pp.

86 votes, 23.7%

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison pub 1952, 581 pp

60 votes, 16.5%

The Color Purple by Alice Walker pub 1982, 295 pp

59 votes, 16.3%

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath pub 1963, 294 p

57 votes, 15.7%

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells pub 1895, 118 pp

37 votes, 10.2%

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood pub. 1996, 468 pgs,

36 votes, 9.9%

Candide by Voltaire pub 1759, 129 pp

28 votes, 7.7%

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