Publication
W. W. Norton & Company (2005), 496 pages
Collections
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — Biography — 2004)
Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction — 2005)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2006)
Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: Alice Walker (cisgender woman) identifies as bisexual.
Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Alice Walker is black.
Publisher's Summary: Born to a sharecropping family in Georgia, Alice Walker thrived in the rich culture of what she called the "agrarian peasantry" to become one of our most important and popular writers...we learn of Walker's activism in the 1960s freedom movement, and her leadership in the debate on black women's art, politics, and sexuality...