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Black Women Writers: Alice Walker

Alice Walker

Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, African-American novelist and poet most famous for her book "The Color Purple."

Interviews

C-SPAN appearances
Includes links to 7 videos of appearance on C-Span
Interview with Robert Zeliger
June 23, 2011
Interviews on Democracy Now
Videos and transcripts
2006-2011
Interview with Tavis Smiley
2010
Video and transcript

Web Resources

Academy of American Poets
Alice Walker Archives - @ Emory University
Includes 120 boxes,including drafts of writings such as "The Color Purple," a quilt she made while writing the novel, extensive correspondence, an early treatment of the film script for "The Color Purple," and fan mail.
Alice Walker - Official website
New York Times - Topics page
News about Alice Walker, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Poetry Foundation
Biography.com
African American Women Writers

Reference Databases

Alice Walker - results from Credo Reference

Biography in Context

Reference @ FAMU Libraries

Critical companion to Alice Walker : a literary reference to her life and work
E-book
Alice Walker : a critical companion
COLEMAN LIBRARY African-American Collection - 4th Floor, Room 403 -- PS3573.A425Z57 2005

Podcasts - NPR

Famed Author Alice Walker Pens Poems For Hard Times
NPR - Tell Me More, October 20, 2010

Best Databases:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Biography (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Literature Criticism (Gale) This link opens in a new window
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window