num_pages: 224
description: In meditative and passionate prose, these provocative essays explore feminist, environmental, and political issues and shed new light on racial debates, including the controversy surrounding Walker’s bestseller, The Color Purple.
language: English
title: Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987
titlecomplete: Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987
genres: 20th Century, Essays, Unfinished, Literature, African American, Feminism, Nonfiction, Black Literature, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 512
publisher: Amistad