Name: Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000
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Author: Walker, Alice ; Boyd, Valerie
ISBN: 9781476773155

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Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000

Type

Physical Book

Author

Alice Walker

Illustrated by

Valerie Boyd

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

560

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.1x16.8x4.3 cm

Weight

0.88 kg.

ISBN13

9781476773155

Synopsis "Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965–2000 "

From National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and edited by critic and writer Valerie Boyd, comes an unprecedented compilation of Walker's fifty years of journals drawing an intimate portrait of her development over five decades as an artist, human rights and women's activist, and intellectual. For the first time, the edited journals of Alice Walker are gathered together to reflect the complex, passionate, talented, and acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winner of The Color Purple. She intimately explores her thoughts and feelings as a woman, a writer, an African-American, a wife, a daughter, a mother, a lover, a sister, a friend, a citizen of the world. In an unvarnished and singular voice, she explores an astonishing array of events: marching in Mississippi with other foot soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr.; her marriage to a Jewish lawyer, defying laws that barred interracial marriage in the 1960s South; an early miscarriage; writing her first novel; the trials and triumphs of the Women's Movement; erotic encounters and enduring relationships; the ancestral visits that led her to write The Color Purple; winning the Pulitzer Prize; being admired and maligned, sometimes in equal measure, for her work and her activism; and burying her mother. A powerful blend of Walker's personal life with political events, this revealing collection offers rare insight into a literary legend.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker, born in 1944 in Georgia, is an American writer and activist recognized for her contribution to literature and civil rights. Author of The Color Purple, a work that won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Walker has explored themes such as racism, feminism, and spirituality, highlighting the stories of African American women and their resilience.

In addition to her exceptional literary career, Walker is a tireless staunch advocate for social justice and equality, actively participating in causes such as civil rights and the fight for women's rights. Among her most important works are Meridian and In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens, which delve into identity, creativity, and resistance.

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