Alice Walker Quotes
People really had a problem with my disinterest in submission. They had a problem with my intellect, and they had a problem with my choice of lovers. They had a problem with my choice of everything.
Topics
Independence
Intellect, Intellectuals, Intellectualism, Intellectuality, Intelligensia
Autonomy
Individuality
Nonconformity
Self Expression
Submission
Unorthodox
Unconventional
Free Spirit
Personal Choice
Rebellion
Unconventional Choices
Unconventional Lifestyle
Unconventional Love
Unconventional Relationships
Unconventional Thinking
Citations
Walker, Alice. The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult. Scribner, 1996.
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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she published the novel The Color Purple, for which she won the National Book Award for hardcover fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She also wrote the novels Meridian (1976) and The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970). An avowed feminist, Walker coined the term womanist to mean "A black feminist or feminist of color" in 1983.