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Alice Walker

1944 -

An American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist.

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  • Cover of: The Color Purple

    First published in 1976 86 editions in 8 languages — 32 previewable Cover of edition lacouleurpourpre0000alic Cover of edition dekleurpaars0000walk_r4l2 Cover of edition dekleurpaars0000walk_x5n8 Cover of edition diefarbelilafict00walk Cover of edition dekleurpaars0000walk Cover of edition cherbondieuroman0000walk Cover of edition elcolorpurpura0000walk Cover of edition dekleurpaars0000walk_d2i5 Cover of edition isbn_9781407224282
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  • Cover of: The temple of my familiar

    First published in 1989 22 editions in 4 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition detempelvanmijng0000walk_t9t8 Cover of edition templeofmyfamili0000walk_c9t3 Cover of edition templeofmyfamili0000walk_x5a4 Cover of edition templeofmyfamili0000walk_o0l0 Cover of edition templeofmyfamiliwal00walk Cover of edition templeofmyfamili0000walk Cover of edition isbn_9780547480008 Cover of edition templeofmyfamili0000walk_g1m8 Cover of edition templeofmyfamili00walk_0
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  • Cover of: Meridian

    First published in 1976 18 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition meridian00walkrich Cover of edition meridian00alic Cover of edition meridian0000walk_z1p2 Cover of edition meridian000walk Cover of edition meridian0000walk_s6o6 Cover of edition meridian00walk
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  • Cover of: Possessing the Secret of Joy

    First published in 1992 17 editions in 4 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition possessingsecre000walk Cover of edition possessingsecret0000walk Cover of edition possessingsecret00walk Cover of edition possessingsecret0000walk_o8x0 Cover of edition possessingsecret00walk_0
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  • Cover of: Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo

    First published in 2004 16 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: By The Light of My Father's Smile

    First published in 1998 15 editions in 3 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition bijdeglimlachvan0000walk Cover of edition bylightofmyfathe0000walk_w1z0 Cover of edition bylightofmyfathe0000unse Cover of edition bylightofmyfathe00walkrich Cover of edition bylightofmyfathe00alic Cover of edition bylightofmyfathe0000walk
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  • Cover of: The third life of Grange Copeland

    First published in 1970 15 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition thirdlifeofgrang00alic Cover of edition thirdlifeofgrang00walkrich Cover of edition thirdlifeofgrang00walk Cover of edition thirdlifeofgrang0000walk_j1p9 Cover of edition thirdlifeofgrang0000walk_t5w2
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  • Cover of: In love & trouble: stories of Black women

    First published in 1973 14 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition inlovetroublesto0000walk Cover of edition inlovetroublesto00walk
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  • Cover of: In search of our mothers' gardens: womanist prose

    First published in 1983 12 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition insearchofourmot00walk_0 Cover of edition insearchofourmot00walk Cover of edition insearchofourmot00walk_2 Cover of edition insearchofourmot0000walk_k5b1 Cover of edition insearchofourmot0000walk_u4n9
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  • Cover of: You can't keep a good woman down: stories

    First published in 1971 12 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition youcantkeepgoodw00walk Cover of edition youcantkeepgoodw01walk Cover of edition youcantkeepgoodw0000walk Cover of edition youcantkeepgoodw0000walk_y3j1 Cover of edition freudichnichtzuf0000walk
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  • Cover of: Now is the Time to Open Your Heart

    First published in 2004 12 editions in 1 language — 9 previewable Cover of edition nowistimetoopeny0000walk_x5x0 Cover of edition nowistimetoopeny0000walk_p0p6 Cover of edition nowistimetoopeny00alic Cover of edition nowistimetoopeny0000walk_q7j7 Cover of edition nowistimetoopeny0000walk Cover of edition nowistimetoopeny00walk Cover of edition nowistimetoopeny00walk_1 Cover of edition nowistimetoopeny00walk_0
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  • Cover of: We are the ones we have been waiting for: inner light in a time of darkness : meditations

    First published in 2006 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition weareoneswehaveb00walk
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  • Cover of: Fiction: A HarperCollins pocket anthology

    First published in 1993 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780823049660
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  • Cover of: The same river twice: honoring thedifficult : a meditation on life, spirit, art, and the making of the film The color purple ten years later

    First published in 1996 10 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition samerivertwiceho0000walk_i9l9 Cover of edition samerivertwiceh000walk Cover of edition samerivertwiceho00walk Cover of edition samerivertwiceho0000walk_k7a4 Cover of edition samerivertwiceho0000walk_e2f2 Cover of edition samerivertwicehowa00walk
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  • Cover of: Living by the word: selected writings, 1973-1987

    First published in 1988 9 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition livingbywordsele0000walk Cover of edition livingbywordcoll00walk Cover of edition livingbywordsele0000walk_f9l2
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  • Cover of: The way forward is with a broken heart

    First published in 2000 9 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition wayforwardiswith00walk Cover of edition wayforwardiswith0000walk_d2r7 Cover of edition wayforwardiswith0000walk_g0i3 Cover of edition wayforwardiswith0000walk
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: Silver

    First published in 1991 9 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite03koel Cover of edition prenticehalllite7koel Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_q4d3
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  • Cover of: The Writer on her Work

    First published in 1980 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Langston Hughes, American Poet

    First published in 1974 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition langstonhughes00alic Cover of edition langstonhughesam00walk
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  • Cover of: Troilus and Cressida: Third Series, Revised Edition

    First published in 2010 8 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
Fiction, Children's fiction, American literature, short story, Juvenile fiction, Satanism, Classic Literature, Mentally ill women, allegory, change, death, gentleman's agreements, nonlinear narrative, recluses, Devil, Puritans, catechism, short stories, tradition, Boys, Drama, freedom, meaning of love, selfhood, Horror stories
Places
United States, Massachusetts, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, New England, Salem Village, Mallard residence, Araby, North Richmond Street, Araby bazaar, New York, Wall Street, Alabama, Ireland, Owl Creek Bridge, England, Galway, India, Southern States, Calcutta, Justice of the Peace Court, Milford meeting house, Surrey, Amazon rainforest
People
Devil, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Mangan's sister, Bartleby, Cicero, Ginger Nut, John Jacob Astor, Nippers, Turkey, Fortunato, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Montresor, Peyton Farquhar
Time
19th century, Antebellum era, 1600s, Carnival, 20th century, 1861-65, 1861-1865, 1890, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1930s, 20th Century, 17th century, 20e siècle, December, Siglo XX

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  • Walker, Alice
  • Alice walker
  • Alice WALKER
  • ALICE WALKER
  • Alice. Walker
  • Walker, Alice, 1944-

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