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Alice Walker
June 20, 2022
MagazineJoanna Scutts
The End of the Art-Baby Problem
In the lives of women from Alice Neel to Ursula Le Guin, motherhood was entwined with a quest to make art.
February 1, 2021
Jennifer Wilson
Untangling the Legacy of The Color Purple
A new book sorts through the controversies surrounding Alice Walker’s seminal novel.
March 17, 2015
Victoria Bond
'The Color Purple' Is a Cultural Touchstone for Black Female Self-Love
October 29, 2011
Martin Peretz
The Wall Street Occupation and the Cottage Cheese Revolt
July 13, 2011
Martin Peretz
Sinking Fast
February 18, 2009
Eve Fairbanks
!Viva Chai!
September 14, 1974
John F. Callahan
Reconsideration
The higher ground of Alice Walker.

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