walker, alice

Twentieth-century African-American author Alice Walker presents a memoir of her marriage to a white man in early civil rights-era Misissippi, and several short stories inspired by the marriage's initial magic and its eventual disintegration.

Describes the life of the author and activist, from her childhood in Georgia to her emergence as a subject of both adulation and controversy.

Presents a biography of Alice Walker, the first African-American woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, discussing her early life, the effects of a disfiguring accident on her thinking, her marriages and daughter, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and the development of her writing career.

Study of Alice Walker's entire body of work, including her poetry and most recent novel. Includes biographical information.