Alice Walker Banned

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Aunt Lute Books, 1996 - Fiction - 105 pages

Introduction by Patricia Holt

Throughout her distinguished career, Alice Walker's work has been at the center of controversies around language, censorship, truth and art. Alice Walker Banned explores just what it is that various groups have found so threatening in Walker's work, bringing together the short stories "Roselily" and "Am I Blue?," an excerpt from the novel The Color Purple, as well as testimonies, letters, and essays about attempts to censor Walker's work by the California State Board of Education. The introduction by San Francisco Chronicle Book Review editor Patricia Holt offers insightful and ironic commentary on the efforts of the Traditional Values Coalition to pressure the State Board of Education into withdrawing Walker's stories from a statewide exam, while excerpts from a Board of Education hearing offer views from across the political spectrum on these efforts to censor Walker's work.



...a fascinating, frightening book...

--Mirabella

...an invaluable contribution to the literature of censorship...

--Booklist

...this book will allow a cooler, more informed discussion of an important debate.

--Library Journal

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Contents

Introduction
1
Roselily
19
Appendices
67
Copyright

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About the author (1996)

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple. Her other bestselling novels include By the Light of My Father's Smile, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and The Temple of My Familiar. She is also the author of two collections of short stories, three collections of essays, five volumes of poetry, and several children's books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. Born in Eaton, Georgia, Walker now lives in Northern California.

Bibliographic information

TitleAlice Walker Banned
AuthorAlice Walker
PublisherAunt Lute Books, 1996
ISBN1879960478, 9781879960473
Length105 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / African American & Black / General
Fiction / General
Fiction / Literary
Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
Literary Criticism / American / General
  
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