| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-06-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 105 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
"Alice Walker Banned" explores just what it is that various groups have found so threatening in Walker's work--bringing together the short stories "Roselily" and "Am I Blue?", excerpts from the novel "The Color Purple," and testimonies, letters and essays written about attempts to censor Walker's work by the California State Board of Education.
As an introduction to Alice Walker, this small book presents two of Walker's most interesting stories, "Roselily" and "Am I Blue", and the beginning of her prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. Further, the pages of Patricia Holt's introduction and the appendices of letters to the editors and meeting transcripts exemplify ways in which these fictional works have been the center of volatile controversy. They have been the subject of removal from tests (as in the case of the recent literature-based assessment tests in California), from school libraries and from school curricula. These controversies, played out in communities across the United States, cut to the heart of issues of censorship and democratic process.
Industry Reviews
"Along with her Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award, Alice Walker has the honor of being one of the most censored writers in American literature."
Introduciton - Patricia Holt
Alice Walker Banned is a slim yet detailed introduction to Alice Walker presents two of her most interesting stories and the opening of her prize-winning Color Purple. Issues of censorship are surveyed in an opening introduction by editor Patricia Holt, who comments on the ironies of the political controversies raised by two award-winning stories.
Midwest Book Review - Unknown Critic Staff (11/01/1996)
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