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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"An uneasy mix of journal entries, short essays, travel notes, speeches and dream fragments, this miscellany by the author of The Color Purple is most satisfying when Walker relates small personal victories," wrote PW. Pointed pieces tackle the modern dilution of black folklore, controversy surrounding the film of The Color Purple , nuclear escalation and homophobia.
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This collection of recent prose reflects Walker's belief in the spiritual connections among all peoples and between them and the earth that sustains them. It further examines how this precept, and themes of race, gender, sexuality, and political freedom, illuminate her life and the lives of friends, family, and ancestors. Entertaining and often stirring, it ranges widely, moving from observations made on trips to China, Bali, and Jamaica to Walker's views on her connection with San Francisco's lesbian and gay communities and her valuable insights into the controversies surrounding the filming of The Color Purple . Included are public addresses, letters, and journal entries published for the first time. An important book. Mollie Brodsky, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Alice Walker is one of the most prolific writers of our time, known for her literary fiction, including the Pultizer Prize-winning The Color Purple, her many volumes of poetry, and her powerful nonfiction collections. Walker's most recent book is The Chicken Chronicles, a memoir. Her advocacy for the dispossessed has spanned the globe. She lives in Northern California.
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A political and spiritual testament,
This review is from: Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987 (Paperback)
"Living by the Word: Selected Writings 1973-1987" is an excellent collection from prolific author Alice Walker. In this collection of essays and journal entries, Walker demonstrates the essential union of her political, spiritual, and artistic "selves."Walker writes about many topics: animal rights, her daughter's smoking habit, her father, the problematic legacy of Joel Chandler Harris, pioneering African-American thinker Benjamin Banneker, vegetarianism, Reggae legend Bob Marley, her own 1983 trip to China, and more. Particularly fascinating are her thoughts on the controversies surrounding her great novel "The Color Purple." Although the "New Age" vibe of much of the book may be too much for some readers, I found the book to be well-written and consistently interesting. Walker is a writer who has created a remarkable body of work, and "Living by the Word" is an excellent example of her passion and insight.
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This review is from: Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987 (Paperback)
Thoroughly enjoyed her essays! You had an opportunity to travel with Alice as she journeys all over the world and other worlds greeting her ancestors. Each essay gave you the feel that she was in your living room, sharing from her life. Really enjoyable.
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One of my very favorite books,
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This review is from: Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987 (Paperback)
How could I not give it 5 stars?? All the emotion that is evoked coming from her soul & compassion for all living beings truly make for a beautiful compilation. Each new story is precious & makes one feel the need to pass this book around to all friends & acquaintances...
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Uncle Remus, The Color Purple, San Francisco, Brer Rabbit, New York, Dessie Woods, Bob Marley, Brer Fox, United States, Joel Chandler Harris, Old Mister, Black Elk, Bill Wahpepah, Native Americans, Port Chicago, Ding Ling, South Dakota, Alice Walker, Benjamin Banneker, Langston Hughes, North America, Central American, Concord Naval Weapons Station, Fannie Moore, Linda Rogers New!
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- Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (Penguin Classics) by Joel Chandler Harris on 8 pages
- Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful by Alice Walker on 4 pages
- The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit: From the Collected Stories of Joel Chandler Harris by David Borgenicht on page 26, page 29, and page 30
- Myths of the Cherokee (Native American) by James Mooney on page 42, page 43, and page 149
- Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems 1965-1990 Complete by Alice Walker in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Critical Essays on Alice Walker: (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) by Ikenna Dieke on 9 pages
- Gossips, Gorgons and Crones: The Fates of the Earth by Jane Caputi on 7 pages
- When Brer Rabbit Meets Coyote: AFRICAN-NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE by Jonathan Brennan on 6 pages
- The Book of American Values and Virtues by Erik Bruun on 5 pages
- Shifting the Ground: American Women Writers' Revisions of Nature, Gender, and Race (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism) by Rachel Stein on 4 pages
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