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THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BBC
'100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'A lush celebration of all that
it means to be a black female. I love that The Color Purple doesn't
try to soften its blows but is also courageous enough to hold on to
a wonderfully affirming faith in possibility, in forgiveness and
kindness and hope' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 'The Color Purple is my
go-to comfort novel. Every single time I read this book, I walk
away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it up'
Tayari Jones 'I think that The Color Purple was the first book that
made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me
aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the
South' Jesmyn Ward 'I got the book and read it, in one day, when it
came out. And then I went back, the next day, and bought every copy
they had' Oprah Winfrey A powerful cultural touchstone of modern
American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African
American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated
as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and
hope in each other across time, distance and silence through a
series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God,
then the sisters to each other despite the unknown. Abused
repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', Celie has two children
taken away from her and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then
she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker - a
woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. And gradually Celie
discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her
past and reuniting her with those she loves. Beloved by generations
of readers, The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and
sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and
struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply
compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker's epic carries
readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love.
'A story about Black women living in the intersections of
racialized and gendered violence, who find liberation through
community with each other. A brutal and beautiful novel' Brit
Bennett 'One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to
read. It is stunning - moving, exciting and wonderful' Lenny Henry
'The Color Purple needs no category other than the fact that it is
superb' Rita Mae Brown 'The great irony about The Color Purple is
that it transcends colour. One of the greatest books of all time'
Benjamin Zephaniah 'A unique blend of serenity and immediacy that
makes your senses ache' Helen Dunmore 'A genuinely mind-expanding
book' Patrick Ness 'Indelibly affecting... Alice Walker is a
lavishly gifted writer' New York Times 'One of the great books of
our time' Essence Magazine 'A work to stand beside literature of
any time and place' San Francisco Chronicle
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine is a people's tribunal in the
spirit of the Tribunal on Vietnam that was set up by Bertrand
Russell in the 1960s. This book contains a selection of the most
vital evidence and testimonies presented at the London session. It
includes the papers submitted to the tribunal, written by expert
witnesses, based on their detailed research into the companies that
prop-up Israeli occupation. Examining the involvement of
corporations in the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by
Israel, the tribunal of 2010 generated widespread media coverage.
The book identifies companies and corporations participating in
such illegality and possibilities for legal action against them are
discussed. Released to coincide with the South Africa session at
the end of 2011, Corporate Complicity in Israel's Occupation is a
vital resource to lawyers, journalists and activists hoping to take
informed action against Israeli war crimes and occupation.
THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BBC
'100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'A lush celebration of all that
it means to be a black female. I love that The Color Purple doesn't
try to soften its blows but is also courageous enough to hold on to
a wonderfully affirming faith in possibility, in forgiveness and
kindness and hope' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 'The Color Purple is my
go-to comfort novel. Every single time I read this book, I walk
away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it up'
Tayari Jones 'I think that The Color Purple was the first book that
made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me
aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the
South' Jesmyn Ward 'I got the book and read it, in one day, when it
came out. And then I went back, the next day, and bought every copy
they had' Oprah Winfrey A powerful cultural touchstone of modern
American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African
American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Sisters
Celie and Nettie share the pain and struggle of growing up as
African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia.
Forced into an abusive marriage, at least Celie can offer Nettie
refuge from their violent father in her new home - until Nettie
catches the attention of Celie's husband and is forced to leave and
forge her own journey. Through a series of letters spanning twenty
years - first from Celie to God, then between the two sisters -
they manage to sustain their hope in each other across time,
distance and silence, in a triumph of resilience, bravery and
ultimately, love. Beloved by generations of readers, The Color
Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse,
narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle,
companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. 'One of the most
haunting books you could ever wish to read. It is stunning -
moving, exciting and wonderful' Lenny Henry 'The Color Purple needs
no category other than the fact that it is superb' Rita Mae Brown
'The great irony about The Color Purple is that it transcends
colour. One of the greatest books of all time' Benjamin Zephaniah
'A unique blend of serenity and immediacy that makes your senses
ache' Helen Dunmore 'A genuinely mind-expanding book' Patrick Ness
'Indelibly affecting... Alice Walker is a lavishly gifted writer'
New York Times 'One of the great books of our time' Essence
Magazine 'A work to stand beside literature of any time and place'
San Francisco Chronicle
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Abducted from Africa, sold in America. "A deeply affecting record
of an extraordinary life"- Daily Telegraph A major literary event:
a newly published work from the author of the American classic
Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer
Prize-winning author Alice Walker. The true story of one of the
last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade. In August 1931,
famed anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston travelled to Alabama to
visit ninety-year-old Cudjo Lewis, a former slave. Over three
months, Cudjo shared heart-rending memories of his childhood in
Africa; the horrors of being captured - fifty years after slavery
was outlawed - and held in the Ouidah barracoons for selection by
American slavers; the harrowing ordeal of the Middle Passage aboard
the Clotilda with over one hundred other souls; and the years he
spent in slavery. Barracoon brings to life Cudjo's singular voice
in an invaluable contribution to history and culture, a work as
poignant as it is profound.
ONE OF THE BBC '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'A lush
celebration of all that it means to be a black female' Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie 'A story about Black women living in the
intersections of racialized and gendered violence, who find
liberation through community with each other. A brutal and
beautiful novel' Brit Bennett 'Every single time I read this book,
I walk away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it
up' Tayari Jones 'I think that The Color Purple was the first book
that made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made
me aware that a young black woman from the South could write about
the South' Jesmyn Ward 'I got the book and read it, in one day,
when it came out. And then I went back, the next day, and bought
every copy they had' Oprah Winfrey Sisters Celie and Nettie share
the pain and struggle of growing up as African American women in
early twentieh-century rural Georgia. Forced into an abusive
marriage, at least Celie can offer Nettie refuge from their violent
father in her new home - until Nettie catches the attention of
Celie's husband and is forced to leave and forge her own journey.
Through a series of letters spanning twenty years - first from
Celie to God, then between the two sisters - they manage to sustain
their hope in each other across time, distance and silence, in a
triumph of resilience, bravery and ultimately, love.
In the 1960s, students of Spelman College, a black liberal arts
college for women, were drawn into historic civil rights protests
occurring across Atlanta, leading to the arrest of some for
participating in sit-ins in the local community. A young Howard
Zinn (future author of the worldwide best seller A People's History
of the United States) was a professor of history at Spelman during
this era and served as an adviser to the Atlanta sit-in movement
and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Zinn
mentored many of Spelman's students fighting for civil rights at
the time, including Alice Walker and Marian Wright Edelman. As a
key facilitator of the Spelman student movement, Zinn supported
students who challenged and criticized the campus's paternalistic
social restrictions, even when this led to conflicts with the
Spelman administration. Zinn's involvement with the Atlanta student
movement and his closeness to Spelman's leading student and faculty
activists gave him an insider's view of that movement and of the
political and intellectual world of Spelman, Atlanta University,
and the SNCC. Robert Cohen presents a thorough historical overview
as well as an entree to Zinn's diary. One of the most extensive
records of the political climate on a historically black college in
1960s America, Zinn's diary offers an in-depth view. It is a
fascinating historical document of the free speech, academic
freedom, and student rights battles that rocked Spelman and led to
Zinn's dismissal from the college in 1963 for supporting the
student movement.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Alice
Walker's iconic modern classic is now a Penguin Book. A powerful
cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple
depicts the lives of African American women in early
twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie
and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across
time, distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning
twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each
other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich
and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and
their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around
domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through
their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and
bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice
Walker's epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards
redemption and love.
A powerful account, by Israeli peace activist Miko Peled, of his transformation from a young man who'd grown up in the heart of Israel's elite and served proudly in its military into a fearless advocate of nonviolent struggle and equal rights for all Palestinians and Israelis.
His journey is mirrored in many ways the transformation his father, a much-decorated Israeli general, had undergone three decades earlier. Alice Walker contributed a foreword to the first edition in which she wrote, "There are few books on the Israel/Palestine issue that seem as hopeful to me as this one."
In the new Epilogue he takes readers to South Africa, East Asia, several European countries, and the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel itself.
THE ICONIC CLASSIC, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE BBC
'100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' 'A lush celebration of all that
it means to be a black female. I love that The Color Purple doesn't
try to soften its blows but is also courageous enough to hold on to
a wonderfully affirming faith in possibility, in forgiveness and
kindness and hope' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 'The Color Purple is my
go-to comfort novel. Every single time I read this book, I walk
away as a slightly better person than I was when I picked it up'
Tayari Jones 'I think that The Color Purple was the first book that
made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made me
aware that a young black woman from the South could write about the
South' Jesmyn Ward 'I got the book and read it, in one day, when it
came out. And then I went back, the next day, and bought every copy
they had' Oprah Winfrey A powerful cultural touchstone of modern
American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African
American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated
as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and
hope in each other across time, distance and silence through a
series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God,
then the sisters to each other despite the unknown. Abused
repeatedly by the man she calls 'father', Celie has two children
taken away from her and is trapped into an ugly marriage. But then
she meets the glamorous Shug Avery, singer and magic-maker - a
woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. And gradually Celie
discovers the power and joy of her own spirit, freeing her from her
past and reuniting her with those she loves. Beloved by generations
of readers, The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and
sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and
struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply
compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker's epic carries
readers on a spirit-affirming journey towards redemption and love.
'One of the most haunting books you could ever wish to read. It is
stunning - moving, exciting and wonderful' Lenny Henry 'The Color
Purple needs no category other than the fact that it is superb'
Rita Mae Brown 'The great irony about The Color Purple is that it
transcends colour. One of the greatest books of all time' Benjamin
Zephaniah 'A unique blend of serenity and immediacy that makes your
senses ache' Helen Dunmore 'A genuinely mind-expanding book'
Patrick Ness 'Indelibly affecting... Alice Walker is a lavishly
gifted writer' New York Times 'One of the great books of our time'
Essence Magazine 'A work to stand beside literature of any time and
place' San Francisco Chronicle
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, Alice Walker's
collection of essays ranging in topics from personal to political.
"Thoughtful, intelligent, resonant musings." -- Kirkus Reviews In
this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out
as a black woman, writer, mother, and feminist. Among the
thirty-six pieces are essays about other writers, accounts of the
civil rights movement of the 1960s and the anti-nuclear movement of
the 1980s, and a vivid memoir of a scarring childhood injury and
her daughter's healing words.
'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all'
TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage From the acclaimed
author Alice Walker - winner of the National Book Award and the
Pulitzer Prize - comes an unprecedented compilation of four
decades' worth of journals that draw an intimate portrait of her
development as an artist, intellectual and human rights activist.
In Gathering Blossoms Under Fire, Walker offers a passionate,
intimate record of her intellectual, artistic and political
development. She also intimately explores - in real time - her
thoughts and feelings as a woman, a writer, an African American, a
wife, a daughter, a mother, a lover, a sister, a friend, a citizen
of the world. In an unvarnished and singular voice, she writes
about an astonishing array of events: marching in Mississippi with
other foot soldiers of the civil rights movement, led by Martin
Luther King, Jr., or 'the King' as she called him; her marriage to
a Jewish lawyer, partly to defy laws that barred interracial
marriage in the 1960s South; an early miscarriage; the birth of her
daughter; writing her first novel; the trials and triumphs of the
women's movement; erotic encounters and enduring relationships; the
'ancestral visits' that led her to write The Color Purple; winning
the Pulitzer Prize; being admired and maligned, in sometimes equal
measure, for her work and her activism; burying her mother; and her
estrangement from her own daughter. The personal and the political
are layered and intertwined in the revealing narrative that emerges
from Walker's journals.
'My life suddenly made sense when I encountered Alice Walker's
fiction' Tayari Jones 'Remarkable' New York Times Meridian Hill,
the brilliant and inquisitive daughter of a working-class Black
family in the American south, comes of age against the turbulent
backdrop of the 1960s civil rights movement. Life starts out hard -
at seventeen, she finds herself married with a child and denied an
education because of it. But Meridian is passionate and resolute,
determined to improve the lives of those around her, even in the
face of oppression and uncertainty, heartbreak and failing health.
And amid the chaos of social upheaval, Meridian discovers who she
is - a woman capable of great courage, resilience and hope.
Charting the story of the civil rights movement through one woman's
struggle, Meridian is a powerful meditation on community, womanhood
and self-discovery from the Pulitzer-prize winning author of The
Color Purple.
This "impassioned and genuine" ("Publishers Weekly") collection of
essays gathers the "lavishly gifted" ("The New York Times") Alice
Walker's wide-ranging meditations on our intertwined personal,
spiritual, and political destinies. For the millions of loyal fans
who continue to flock to hear her speak, this book invites readers
on a journey of political awakening and spiritual insight.
Widely discussed in the media, including in publications as varied
as "Ebony," the "Chicago Tribune," and "Ms.," "The Cushion in the
Road" finds the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer at the height of her
literary powers. Walker writes that we are beyond rigid categories
of color, sex, or spirituality if we are truly alive. She visits
themes she has addressed throughout her career--including racism,
Africa, Palestinian solidarity, and Cuba--as well as the presidency
of Barack Obama. Combining ecstatic lyricism with vivid narratives,
Walker explores her conflicting impulses to retreat into inner
contemplation and to remain deeply engaged with the world, never
once sacrificing the emotional bond that has made her so dear to so
many readers.
"Poetry is leading us," writes Alice Walker in "The World Will
Follow Joy." In this luminous collection--a bestseller in
hardcover--the beloved writer offers sixty poems to inspire and
incite. Penetrating and sensitive, playful and wise, these
intensely intimate poems establish a personal connection of rare
immediacy between poet and reader, illustrating the very qualities
that have won her a devoted following and continue to draw new
readers to her writing.
Attentively chronicling the conditions of human life today, Walker
shows in her poetry her necessary political commitments, her
compassion, and her spirituality. Casting her eye toward history,
politics, and nature, as well as to world figures such as Jimmy
Carter, Gloria Steinem, and the Dalai Lama, she is indeed a "muse
for our times" (Amy Goodman).
"The World Will Follow Joy" reminds us of our human capacity to
come together and take action. Above all, the gems in this
collection illuminate what it means to live in our world today.
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