Alice Walker
I left my baby to write this. How do artists balance creativity and the ache for their child? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
All writers and painters who are mothers must tread a heroic path. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t have to, says the Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
06, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
‘Every goodbye ain’t gone’: remembering the life and work of Valerie Boyd
The beloved writer and editor, who edited 35 years of Alice Walker’s journals, died earlier this year and left behind a remarkable new book about Black resilience
K Anoa Monsho
14, Dec, 2022 @7:04 AM
The Color Purple review – musical romance rings hollow from a distance
Covid guidelines and clunky camerawork sadly undermine the ebullient performances in this digital adaptation of Alice Walker’s modern classic
Arifa Akbar
18, Feb, 2021 @12:34 PM
Former slave Bill Traylor's artistic legacy under threat from forgers
Dozens of fakes are on the market after one drawing of life in the US deep south sold for a record $507,000
Dalya Alberge
21, Jun, 2020 @6:44 AM
Allee Willis obituary
The songwriter behind the theme for the TV sitcom Friends and hits for Earth, Wind & Fire and the Pet Shop Boys
Adam Sweeting
26, Dec, 2019 @5:21 PM
Are we finally ready to talk about colourism? | Yomi Adegoke
Thanks to outspoken celebrities like Lupita Nyong’o, the discrimination faced by darker-skinned black people is finally being noticed. But we still have a long way to go
Yomi Adegoke
09, Oct, 2019 @5:30 PM
A black girl's reading list: 10 books to inspire and challenge
The authors of Taking Up Space, recent Cambridge graduates, list the books that have given them ‘permission to dream’
Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi
11, Jul, 2019 @7:00 AM
The Color Purple review – a musical with heart, spirit and soul
Alice Walker’s novel is transformed into an exuberant celebration of community and female empowerment
Mark Fisher
04, Jul, 2019 @2:00 PM
Out from the margins: meet the New Daughters of Africa writers
More than 25 years after her groundbreaking Daughters of Africa anthology, Margaret Busby reflects on the next generation of black women writers around the world
Margaret Busby
09, Mar, 2019 @11:00 AM
'We’ve informed you': New York Times defends running Alice Walker's David Icke recommendation
After outrage, Book Review editor Pamela Paul says it would not edit authors’ answers and ‘the public deserves to know’ if they hold ‘dangerous or immoral beliefs’
Alison Flood
20, Dec, 2018 @12:39 PM
Alice Walker under fire for praise of 'antisemitic' David Icke book
The New York Times also faced criticism for publishing the Color Purple author’s recommendation without qualification
Luke O'Neil
17, Dec, 2018 @9:54 PM
Nicola Sturgeon's rebellious reads: from Donna Tartt to Ali Smith
For Book Week Scotland, I have chosen a selection of inspiring books that also takes in Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Alice Walker and Simone de Beauvoir
Nicola Sturgeon
22, Nov, 2018 @11:47 AM
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