Profile of Alice Walker

De Groene Amsterdammer published a powerful profile (in Dutch) of author Alice Walker, best known for her Pulitzer-Prize winning novel The Color Purple. Walker visited the John Adams twice, in 1990 to talk about civil rights, and 1992 to discuss her book Possessing the Secret of Joy.

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Profile of Alice Walker

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