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Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS (1968)
ASIN: B000Q13S2K

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars A poetic journey with Alice Walker, June 2, 2003

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The back cover of "Once" notes that this was Alice Walker's first volume of poetry; the text has a copyright date of 1968. This volume contains poems about the Civil Rights movement in the United States, love, despair, and other topics. Particularly interesting is a sequence of poems describing Africa as seen through the eyes of an African-American.

Walker's poems are written in a clear, smooth, often striking language. Some standout pieces are as follows. "African Images": a sequence of 45 haiku-like stanzas. "Karamojans": an ironic and tragic portrait of the "proud people" of the title. The title poem: illuminates the ugliness of American racism and the beauty of those who stand against it. "Compulsory Chapel": shows a welcome touch of dry humor. "Mornings / of an impossible love": a sequence of prose poems. "Johann": a striking, visually evocative poem that explores the possibility of interracial love.

I have great admiration for Walker's skill as a novelist and essayist. "Once" shows her to also be a poet of sensitivity and grace.

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This book cites 7 books:

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987 by Alice Walker in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Finding the Green Stone by Alice Walker in Front Matter
The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker in Front Matter
Langston Hughes: American Poet by Alice Walker in Front Matter

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