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In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece
The Color Purple is one of the most important pieces of literature ever written, and here, Salamishah Tillet goes back and explores the creation of the novel, its cultural impact and the history behind it. There's no better way to celebrate such an indelible piece of the literary landscape.
Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple
Alice Walker made history in 1983 when she became the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for The Color Purple. Published in the Reagan era amid a severe backlash to civil rights, the Jazz Age novel tells the story of racial and gender inequality through the life of a 14-year-old girl from Geo...