![]() ![]() ![]() In 1983, her seminal nonfiction collection, In Search of our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose efficaciously centered black feminism and introduced the world to the then burgeoning concept of “womanism.” Widely recognized for her 1982 novel, The Color Purple, which earned her a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize, Walker has published a variety of books spanning adult fiction, children’s fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Marked by her own experience as a young black girl growing up in rural Eatonton, GA and her early adulthood as a student at Atlanta’s Spelman College, Walker’s interest in exploring the lives of black folks in the South manifested in her early novels such as, The Third Life of Grange Copeland and Meridian. She continues to use her sharp command of language to challenge the world’s transgressions. Known for sharing her imagination and pioneering perspective with world through her writing, Walker is an activist at heart. A lice Walker’s voice is stronger than ever. ![]()
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