The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker

Walker, Alice

ISBN 10: 1595587055 / ISBN 13: 9781595587053

Published by The New Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker
• Publisher: The New Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1595587055
• ISBN 13: 9781595587053
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Published to stellar praise, The World Has Changed boasts revelatory conversations between Walker and other literary and cultural icons―including Howard Zinn, Pema Chödrön, Claudia Tate, Margo Jefferson, William R. Ferris, and Paula Giddings―and illuminates the heart and mind of one of the world's most celebrated living writers. Carefully framed and contextualized through an introduction by literary scholar Rudolph P. Byrd, the book also includes a thorough chronology of Walker's life and work.

The World Has Changed is a delightful addition to the Alice Walker canon that will thrill and engage readers for years to come.

About the Author

Alice Walker is one of the most prolific writers of our time, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, her many volumes of poetry, and her powerful nonfiction collections. Her advocacy for the dispossessed has spanned the globe. She lives in Northern California.

Rudolph P. Byrd is a professor of American studies and the founding director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute at Emory College.