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Alice Walker

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Alice Walker

An American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist.

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Books39

En posesion del secreto de la alegria

En posesion del secreto de la alegria

Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

2018
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000

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

2017
Mindful Money

Mindful Money

2017

with Jonathan K. DeYoe

The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness into Flowers

The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness into Flowers

2013
The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way

The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way

2013
The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

2012
The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe: A Memoir

The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, The Gladyses, & Babe: A Memoir

2011
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems

Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems

2010
Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters the Horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel

Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters the Horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and Palestine/Israel

2009
Why War Is Never a Good Idea

Why War Is Never a Good Idea

2007
We are the ones we have been waiting for

We are the ones we have been waiting for

2006
There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me

There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me

2006
Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart

Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart

2004
A Poem Traveled Down My Arm: Poems and Drawings

A Poem Traveled Down My Arm: Poems and Drawings

2003
Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems

Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems

2003
The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart

The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart

2000
Pema Chodron and Alice Walker in Conversation: On the Meaning of Suffering and the Mystery of Joy

Pema Chodron and Alice Walker in Conversation: On the Meaning of Suffering and the Mystery of Joy

1999

with Pema Chodron

Dreads

Dreads

1999

with Francesco Mastalia

By the Light of My Father's Smile

By the Light of My Father's Smile

1998
Anything We Love Can Be Saved

Anything We Love Can Be Saved

1997
Alice Walker Banned

Alice Walker Banned

1996
The Same River Twice

The Same River Twice

1996
Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems 1965-1990 Complete

Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems 1965-1990 Complete

1991
The Temple of My Familiar

The Temple of My Familiar

1989
Living by the Word: Essays

Living by the Word: Essays

1988
The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery: Revised and Expanded Edition

The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery: Revised and Expanded Edition

1988

with Marjorie Spiegel

Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful

Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful

1984
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Prose

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Prose

1983
The Colour Purple

The Colour Purple

1982
The Color Purple

The Color Purple

1982
The Color Purple: Literature Study Guides

The Color Purple: Literature Study Guides

1982

with Christopher A. Hubert

Meridian

Meridian

1976
Looking for Zora

Looking for Zora

1975
Possessing the Secret of Joy

Possessing the Secret of Joy

1975
Revolutionary Petunias: A Collection of Witty and Pungent Poems on Love, Loss, and Hope

Revolutionary Petunias: A Collection of Witty and Pungent Poems on Love, Loss, and Hope

1973
In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women

In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women

1973
The Third Life Of Grange Copeland

The Third Life Of Grange Copeland

1970
Daughter of Earth

Daughter of Earth

1929

Collections1

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Short Stories

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Short Stories

1971

Poetry2

Goodnight Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning

Goodnight Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning

1979
Once

Once

1968