Alice Walker (Women’s Issues (Ready Reference series))

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While Alice Walker’s focus is African American women, her works are calls for universal human dignity. In her poetry and essay collections—such as Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems (1973), In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983), and Living by the Word (1988)—she also expresses concern for the environment, animal rights, and world peace. A strong spiritual element can be found in her work, as well as an enduring message of hope.

Walker’s involvement in the Civil Rights movement is reflected in her...

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