Walker, Alice

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Possessing the secret of joy

1993
Tashi, an African woman married to an African-American missionary, struggles to deal with the psychological effects of the brutal circumcision she underwent in adolescence, which causes her son brain damage in birth and results in her facing a murder charge.

Langston Hughes, American poet.

1974
A biography of the American poet whose works articulated the despair of African Americans over social and economic conditions.

There is a flower at the tip of my nose smelling me

2006
Presents a collection of illustrated short verse that celebrates the natural world and how the five senses experience and interact with it.

Hard times require furious dancing

new poems
2010
A collection of poems by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker.

The color purple

1992
Tells the story of two African-American 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.".

Good night, Willie Lee, I'll see you in the morning

poems
1984
Third collection of poetry by Pulitzer Prize-winning African-American author Alice Walker.

Meridian

1976
As the old rules of Southern society collapse, Meridian fights a lonely battle to reaffirm her own humanity and that of her people.

In search of our mothers' gardens

womanist prose
1983
Collects the nonfiction writings of the author of "The Color Purple.".

Why war is never a good idea

2007
Colorful illustrations and simple rhyming text describes the destructiveness and hopelessness of war and how it destroys people and beauty.

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