Å ha kunnskap har betydd alt for meg. Kunnskap har drevet meg ut i verden, til universitetet, til steder, til mennesker.
In Search of Our Mothers Gardens (1983).
Just knowing has meant everything to me. Knowing has pushed me out into the world, into college, into places, into people
I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing. It has been like being born again, literally. Just knowing has meant everything to me. Knowing has pushed me out into the world, into college, into places, into people.
Nasjonalitet: amerikansk
Tittel: forfatter og feminist
Født: 1944
Alice Walker er mest kjent for romanen The Color Purple som senere ble filmatisert. Boka handler om en svart pike i mellomkrigstidens Georgia, skildret gjennom hennes og søsterens brev.