Alice Walker

We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For

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The New York Times bestselling book that both galvanizes progressives for action and is a balm—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author

When the United States recently exploded with unprecedented demonstrations challenging racial violence and hatred, Alice Walker’s New York Times bestselling We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For was one of the books to which people turned for inspiration and solace. Called “stunningly insightful” and “a book that will inspire hope” by Publishers Weekly, this work by the author of The Color Purple is a clarion call to activism—spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, that offer a moment of care and solace.

Walker encourages readers to take faith in the fact that, despite our daunting predicaments, we are uniquely prepared to create positive change. Drawing on Walker’s spiritual grounding and her progressive political convictions, the book offers a cornucopia of the Pulitzer Prize winner’s writings and speeches on advocacy, struggle, and hope. Each chapter concludes with a recommended meditation to teach patience, compassion, and forgiveness.

Walker’s clear vision and calm meditative voice—truly “a light in darkness”—has struck a deep chord among a large and devoted readership. In her new introduction, Walker reflects on the contemporary political and spiritual crises in the post–Trump era United States, making this classic book relevant for the current moment.
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193 printed pages
Original publication
2021
Publication year
2021
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  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    The arrest went smoothly. I thought the police were considerate, human. Some of us tried to help them do their job by sticking our arms out in front of us but the handcuffs go behind, not in front. We sang in the paddy wagons, we sang later in the holding cells. We recited poetry to each other and told stories from our lives. And all the while, there was this sweetness. Even though the floor of the cell, where some of us had to sit, was cold, and even though the toilet wouldn’t flush. I found Fannie Lou Hamer’s voice coming out of my throat and led our cell in singing “This Little Light of Mine.”
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Amy (who within minutes would be arrested herself) asked each of us how we felt about being arrested.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Maxine said she felt it was the least she could do. I said I felt happier than I’d felt in years. Susan said her happiness went beyond happiness to joy. None of us could live with ourselves if we sat by and did nothing while a country filled with children, a lot of them disabled, homeless, and hungry, was blown to bits using money we need in the United States to build hospitals, housing and schools.
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