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5 works

Alice Walker

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The Color Purple
1982
Alice Walker

Epistolary novel following Celie, a Black woman in rural Georgia, who finds her voice through relationships with other women.

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Meridian
1976
Alice Walker

Novel following a civil rights worker's spiritual journey and political awakening in the 1960s South.

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The Third Life of Grange Copeland
1970
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Three generations of a Black sharecropping family in rural Georgia, examining cycles of violence and oppression.

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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
1983
Alice Walker

Collection of essays introducing the term 'womanist' and exploring Black women's creativity and spirituality.

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Possessing the Secret of Joy
1992
Alice Walker

Tashi, a character from The Color Purple, agrees to undergo female genital mutilation as an act of African solidarity — and spends her life dealing with the physical and psychological consequences.

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