Walker, Alice

Tells the story of two sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the South, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God.".

Includes 13 stories.

Walker dares to reveal truths about men and women, about blacks and whites, about God and love. A saga filled with joy and pain, humor and bitterness.

In thr Tinderbox South, one woman risks her heart and her life for the people she loves. A classic novel of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement.

Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use," about college educated Dee visiting her rural Southern mother and wanting the family quilts, with study questions and exercises.

A collection of more than sixty poems by Alice Walker.

Reflections by the author on the period of time in her life when she went from being a reclusive writer to a public figure due to the filming of her book, The Color Purple.

Chronicles the making of Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar's documentary on female genital mutilation in Africa, "Warrior Marks," including interviews with excised and infibulated women and girls, excisors, and workers against these practices; addresses social, religious, emotional, and health aspects.

Presents two of Alice Walker's short stories and part of "A Color Purple" with discussion on how they have been the subject of removal from tests, school libraries, and school curricula in the United States.