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  • Written by: Alice Walker
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Through her books The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy, Alice Walker is familiar to millions of readers and listeners. Who is this woman who rose from the shadows of the segregated South to win the Pulitzer Prize? How did she find the courage to address with grace and wisdom the most difficult cultural issues of our time?

In My Life as My Self, Alice Walker takes you into her private world and summons the powerful spirits and events that have shaped her life: how she learned to fight oppression through her creativity; her reconnection to ancestral roots and the natural world; and her emergence as a courageous artist, recognized for both her brilliance and her compassion. In this rare, intimate conversation, she peels back the veneer of cultural "evolution" and exposes how we have been conditioned to think and act the way others want us to. When you hear the words of Alice Walker, you will see mirrored in her life the greater struggle each of us faces: to be who we truly are.

©2009 Alice Walker (P)2009 Alice Walker
Biographies & Memoirs Women Art & Literature
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  • Coshuu
  • 2016-04-08

revealing. honest. Loving. it's her truth.

loved it.
when you're open, you accept what is. this is her journey. what can there be to judge?

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  • t-squared
  • 2017-11-19

Honest, Inspiring, and Thought-Provoking

Alice Walker shares what she is learning, as she travels, in her current energy form. What I appreciate the most is her honesty: we are fluid beings who are not meant to be static, so growth is good. Wealth is not commodified or consumed. Her truth- as our own-- is the antidote to the poisons that attempt to dwarf our creativity and imagination.

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  • Deborah Kneiss
  • 2018-07-08

inspired

the beauty in truth Alice Walker presents is undeniable and strong. this made me feel not so lonely tonight.

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  • LaTasha Malone
  • 2023-02-24

AMAZING!

Simply amazing…listening to Alice Walker put words to her own life was a special treat!