White, Evelyn. Alice Walker. A Life. Norton.
218, 222, 225
Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Reception | Alice Walker | Critic Barbara Smith
, who read the book in galley proof, foresaw that it would rock the publishing world. Incest? Lesbianism? Letters to God? In black English? It was from another planet. Without question, it... |
Occupation | Alice Walker | She supplemented her Radcliffe Institute
writing fellowship (worth $5,000, awarded for a year and extended for a second year) by teaching at Wellesley College
. White, Evelyn. Alice Walker. A Life. Norton. 218, 222, 225 |
Literary responses | Grace Nichols | GN
's publishers quote glowing opinions about her work. Gwendolyn Brooks
has praised her rich music, an easy lyricism . . . also grit, and earthy honesty, a willingness to be vulnerable and clean,Jeanette Winterson |
Intertextuality and Influence | Helen Oyeyemi | This is HO
's haunted house novel; she reports having been inspired by Shirley Jackson
's The Haunting of Hill House. Harrison, Niall. “Throwing Voices And Observing Transformations: An Interview With Helen Oyeyemi”. Strange Horizons. |
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