The Cushion in the Road

By Alice Walker

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Politics & Social Sciences

Alice Walker's 2013 collection of essays and blog posts gathers her writing from 2008 to 2013. She writes about meditation and the balance between quiet contemplation and public engagement, about Barack Obama's election and presidency, about her travels to Gaza, Burma and Rwanda, and about friends, family and her own aging. The book reflects her long commitment to civil rights, peace and justice, and her search for inner calm.

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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.”