Aug 30, 2008

The Poetry of Walker | The Poetry of Walker

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Author: Alice Walker
First Published: 1968
Type of Work: Poetry
Genres: Poetry
Subjects: African Americans, Justice, Social action, Family or family life, Africa or Africans, Racism, South or Southerners, Prejudices or antipathies, Emotions, Native Americans or American Indians, Pain, Bereavement or grief

Although it is less well known than her fiction, Alice Walker’s poetry is integral to her development as a writer. The restorative power of poetry, Walker claims, has continually saved her from hopelessness and suicide. In her poetry, Walker records intensely felt emotions, purging the psyche of stultifying mental states that hamper growth. Written out of firsthand experience, Walker’s poetry reveals a sensitive African American intellectual coming to terms with disparate strands of her own existence. Along with her other literary achievements, essays, and long and short fiction,...

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The Poetry of Walker | The Poetry of Walker

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