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Advancing Alice Walker — and Her Nonfiction

I have a love-hate relationship with the body of work of Alice Walker.  I love Walker’s nonfiction, and even some of her autobiographical sketches, where her prose, even when it is expressing anger, is righteous anger.  Her nonfiction is clear, … Continue reading

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Octavia E. Butler — Amen I Say to You! Amen!

Octavia E. Butler went where no Black women writers had gone before – her writing is out of but of this world!Β  Butler was the first science fiction writer to ever receive the MacArthur Fellowship.Β  And though Butler can be … Continue reading

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