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Once: Poems | Alice Walker
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Alice Walkers first published book collects poems written as a student and on her first visit to Africa For readers seeking the origins of Alice Walkers potent, distinctive voice, this collection will provide ample insight. Composed while she was still a student at Sarah Lawrence College in the late 1960s, these poems are already engaged with some of the moral dilemmas that have defined Walkers entire career. Luminous vignettes from her first trip to Africa give way to reflections on the flourishing civil rights movement, while an eye for the transformative power of love and beauty run through all twenty-seven entries. Walkers talents are prodigious, yet its her pure moral and aesthetic clarity that impress most in this debut work. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the authors personal collection.
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Caterina
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This collection of poetry has very short lines and stanzas but is so, so evocative within these constraints. Alice Walker has an expansive empathy for humankind and a wonderful way with language. Her love of humanity always shines through her poetry (in this collection and the one published this year, tagged below ⬇️). Thank you @dariazeoli , I am enjoying this poetry collection so much! 💕 #kindlitsy #poetry

JSW Her poetry is luminous. I love 5y
dariazeoli Very happy to hear it 😉 5y
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Caterina
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#KindLitsy @dariazeoli Thank you!!! You are a gem and I'm going to start reading this collection today! This is just what I needed. ❤️ @kindlitsy

dariazeoli Enjoy 😊 5y
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These poems show that brevity is not only the soul of wit, but it can also be the soul of poetry. They are the poetic equivalent of vignettes and are as powerful and relevant now as when they were first published. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Caterina I didn't realize she wrote poetry! I read the Color Purple this summer and LOVED it! Thanks for adding a book to my TBR! 😊 6y
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Winter vacation read number five! This is the first book by Alice Walker that I've read. The bio and photos were so interesting too. I'll definitely read The Color Purple in the new year!

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