Living by the Word

By Alice Walker

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Politics & Social Sciences

Alice Walker's 1988 collection of essays, speeches and journal entries written between 1973 and 1987 ranges over her travels to China, Jamaica and Bali, her thoughts on writing The Color Purple, her family history and her spiritual life. She writes about racism, nuclear weapons, the environment and the rights of animals, including the essay Am I Blue?, about a horse she came to know and love.

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• Hillary Clinton: “I will read anything by Laura Hillenbrand, Walter Isaacson, Barbara Kingsolver, John le Carré, John Grisham, Hilary Mantel, Toni Morrison, Anna Quindlen and Alice Walker.”