The book's title is quoted from Lame Deer
, a holy man of the Lakota tribe.
White, Evelyn. Alice Walker. A Life. Norton.
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In a poem of dedication AW
addresses herself to two ancestors who slipped away, mentioning the sole...
names
Alice Walker
On her fiftieth birthday AW
held a ceremony to mark the changing of her middle name from Malsenior to Tallulah-Kate, which combined the names of her maternal great-grandmother, the African-Cherokee ancestor Tallulah Calloway
Walker, Alice. Alice Walker. The Official Website. http://alicewalkersgarden.com/.
