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Alice Walker

Hard Times Require Furious Dancing

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«I was born to grow, / alongside my garden of plants, / poems / like / this one“

So writes Alice Walker in this new book of poems, poems composed over the course of one year in response to joy and sorrow both personal and global: the death of loved ones, war, the deliciousness of love, environmental devastation, the sorrow of rejection, greed, poverty, and the sweetness of home. The poems embrace our connections while celebrating the joy of individuality, the power we each share to express our truest, deepest selves. Beloved for her ability to speak her own truth in ways that speak for and about countless others, she demonstrates that we are stronger than our circumstances. As she confronts personal and collective challenges, her words dance, sing, and heal.
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60 printed pages
Original publication
2013
Publication year
2013
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  • Marisol Ruizshared an impression4 years ago
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    ¡Precioso! Me hizo sentir amor, enojo, tristeza. Habla sobre tantas cosas simples, complicadas, terribles y hermosas. Políticas, del corazón, históricas. Me encantó.

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Quotes

  • Александраhas quoted7 years ago
    There is no
    graceful
    way
    to
    carry
    hatred.
    While
    hidden
    it is
    everywhere.
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    &

    so

    we

    lie

    entwined

    sun

    on

    our

    eyes

    knowing

    our

    heaven

    &

    sleeping

    the

    cat

    between

    us.
  • Marisol Ruizhas quoted4 years ago
    Alice loves me

    and I am not blamed for this.

    She knows —

    & is weeping

    even

    in her sleep

    while they laugh —

    she knows

    & keeps

    the record

    that

    this

    unspeakable

    violation

    of all of us

    so briefly human

    is happening

    to me.

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