Gathering blossoms under fire: the journals of Alice Walker 1965-2000
(Book)
Author:
Contributors:
Boyd, Valerie, editor.
Published:
New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2022.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
xix, 537 pages : black & white illustrations ; 25 cm
Status:
1 copy on order.
Description
"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 RightsMovement, 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 encountersand 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"--
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781476773155, 1476773157
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"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 RightsMovement, 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 encountersand 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"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Walker, A., & Boyd, V. (2022). Gathering blossoms under fire: the journals of Alice Walker 1965-2000. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Walker, Alice, 1944- and Valerie, Boyd. 2022. Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker 1965-2000. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Walker, Alice, 1944- and Valerie, Boyd, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker 1965-2000. Simon & Schuster, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Walker, Alice and Valerie Boyd. Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker 1965-2000. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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