Alice Walker

Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author, poet, and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender. She is best known for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Read more about Alice Walker:  Early Life, Activism, Personal Life, Writing Career, Selected Awards and Honors

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    “It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.”
    —Alice Walker (b. 1944)

    ““Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on.
    “I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least—at least I mean what I say—that’s the same thing, you know.” “Not the same thing a bit!” said the Hatter. “Why you might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!””
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “All you violated ones with gentle hearts;
    You violent dreamers whose cries shout heartbreak;”
    —Margaret Abigail Walker (b. 1915)