Revolutionary Petunias

by Alice Walker

Overview

These poems are about revolutionaries and lovers-about how, both in revolution and in love, loss of trust and compassion robs us of hope. They are also about (and for) those few embattled souls who remain painfully committed to beauty and to love even while facing the firing squad. “Quick, direct, witty, pungent” (DeWitt Beall, Chicago Daily News).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156766203
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/21/1973
Series:	Harvest Book
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	870,502
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

ALICE WALKER is an internationally celebrated writer, poet, and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award.

Hometown:

Mendocino, California

Date of Birth:

February 9, 1944

Place of Birth:

Eatonton, Georgia

Education:

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1965; attended Spelman College, 1961-63