Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

by Alice Walker Narrated by Alice Walker

Overview

Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple—"an American novel of permanent importance" (San Francisco Chronicle)—reads the English-language editions of the poems in her new bilingual collection, a collection that is both playfully imaginative and intensely moving.

Alice Walker shares a timely volume of nearly seventy works of passionate and powerful poetry that bears witness to our troubled times, while also chronicling a life well-lived. From poems of painful self-inquiry, to celebrating the simple beauty of baking frittatas, Walker offers us a window into her magical, at times difficult, and liberating world of activism, love, hope and, above all, gratitude.

Whether she's urging us to preserve an urban paradise or behold the delicate necessity of beauty to the spirit, Walker encourages us to honor the divine that lives inside all of us and brings her legendary free verse to the page once again, demonstrating that she remains a revolutionary poet and an inspiration to generations of fans.

Editorial Reviews

NOVEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

Alice Walker, the first female African-American winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for THE COLOR PURPLE, earnestly delivers her introspective poems about how violence, prejudice, and discrimination have affected the world we live in. In an intimate and reflective tone, she narrates 70 poems, universal and personal, which include her musings on global political history, social injustice around the world, the important people in her life, and reflections on her travels. She instills inspiration in the poems dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali, and Thich Nhat Hanh. The audiobook closes with two poems that convey hope for and gratitude to the world despite loss, suffering, poverty, and war. Profound and moving, this merits repeat listening. A.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Marie Claire

"A book that meditates on these contentious times, but also on life, love, hope, and gratitude, it's just what our literary souls were aching for."

Starred Review Booklist

"[A] strong addition to her mulitgenre literary canon. Walker offers the prodding wisdom of an elder suggesting that we can cope by taking comfort in beauty, friendship, and human kindness; by always expressing gratitude; and by turning inward to hold ourselves accountable for what we contribute."

Vanity Fair

"The [poetry] collection is moving and timely, and highlights the still-raw trauma from our nation’s recent past."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171120252
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	10/02/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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