Walker, Alice: *1944

Information by Alice Walker

Staying Home in Mississippi; The New York Times, August 26, 1973. Walker recalls her experiences at the 1963 civil rights march on Washington
My Father's Country Is the Poor; The New York Times, March 21, 1977. A man in Cuba reminds Walker of her father and causes her to reflect on the different fates of these two men whose lives were both defined by poverty.
Children's Books; Remembering Mr. Sweet; The New York Times, May 8, 1988. Alice Walker describes the origins of her short story "To Hell With Dying," which was reissued, with illustrations, as a children's book.
Letter from Alice Walker to President Clinton, March 13, 1996, in which she talks about the US relation to Cuba.
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A Bit of Gossip
When Alice Walker took a teaching job at Wellesley College, she suggested teaching a course made up entirely of literature by women; it had never been done before. She searched for African-American women writers whose work she could assign, and single-handedly resurrected the work of Zora Neale Hurston, whose books had long been out of print. From MPR
Alice Walker talks about Hard Times Require Furious Dancing. The Commonwealth Club of California. November 4, 2010
Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. KOOP; January 18, 2009 (Download the document as doc)
Alice Walker Recalls the Civil Rights Battle by Herbert Mitgang; The New York Times, April 16, 1983
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing
Riz Khan talks to Alice Walker about her life and work. AlJazeera; October 15, 2007 (17:47)
Not with a bang. But with a whimper. From the speech given at Evening of Conscience, San Fransisco. October 2, 2006 (2:35)
Alice Walker narrates her preface from The Other Side of War. 2007 (7:54)
Alice Walker delivers the keynote address at a meeting on Zora Neale Hurston. Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, October 3, 2003 (1:20:16)
Podcast
Alice Walker is an author, poet, feminist and activist