{"product_id":"hard-times-require-furious-dancing-new-poems-alice-walker","title":"Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems;  Alice Walker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— from the preface\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI was born to grow,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealongside my garden of plants,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003epoems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003elike\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis one\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 15, 2010\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlice Walker, one of the United States’ preeminent writers, is an award-winning author of novels, stories, essays, and poetry. In 1983, Walker became the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which also won the National Book Award. Her other books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Third Life of Grange Copeland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeridian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Temple of My Familiar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePossessing the Secret of Joy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In her public life, Walker has worked to address problems of injustice, inequality, and poverty as an activist, teacher, and public intellectual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44647371899202,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/hard.jpg?v=1679191621","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/hard-times-require-furious-dancing-new-poems-alice-walker","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}