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'''Alice Walker''' (Born 1944) is an American [[author]] and poet.  Her works include ''Meridian'' (1976), ''The Color Purple'' (1982), and ''The Temple of My Familiar'' (1988).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall, New York:  1991.</ref>

'''Alice Walker''' (born 1944) is an American [[author]] and poet.  Her works include ''Meridian'' (1976), ''The Color Purple'' (1982), and ''The Temple of My Familiar'' (1988).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall, New York:  1991.</ref>

==Life and works==

==Life and works==

Walker was born February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, a town where blacks still participated in tenant farming.<ref>https://www.biography.com/people/alice-walker-9521939</ref>  At age eight, her brother shot her in the eye with a BB gun, and her family had no car, so she did not see a doctor until a week later, and she became permanently blind in her right eye.<ref name="poet">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/alice-walker</ref>  She was embarrassed by this, and retreated into reading and writing, but her father, the first black man in the county to vote, insisted that she go to school, and she attended Spelman College.<ref name="fem">http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/alice-walker/</ref>  She also received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, where she developed an interest in civil rights.<ref>https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/alice-walker</ref>  She wrote the first of several volumes of poetry, ''Once'' (1968), about her experiences in the movement as well as her traumatic decision to abort a child.<ref>http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/alice-walker-b-1944</ref>  She wrote a few more volumes as well as a novel, ''Meridian'', about the coming of age of some civil rights workers before moving to California and writing her most famous novel, the epistolary ''The Color Purple'' (1982).<ref name="brit">"Walker, Alice." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  The novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction.

Walker was born February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, a town where blacks still participated in tenant farming.<ref>https://www.biography.com/people/alice-walker-9521939</ref>  At age eight, her brother shot her in the eye with a BB gun, and her family had no car, so she did not see a doctor until a week later, and she became permanently blind in her right eye.<ref name="poet">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/alice-walker</ref>  She was embarrassed by this, and retreated into reading and writing, but her father, the first black man in the county to vote, insisted that she go to school, and she attended Spelman College.<ref name="fem">http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/alice-walker/</ref>  She also received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, where she developed an interest in civil rights.<ref>https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/alice-walker</ref>  She wrote the first of several volumes of poetry, ''Once'' (1968), about her experiences in the movement as well as her traumatic decision to abort a child.<ref>http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/alice-walker-b-1944</ref>  She wrote a few more volumes as well as a novel, ''Meridian'', about the coming of age of some civil rights workers before moving to California and writing her most famous novel, the epistolary ''The Color Purple'' (1982).<ref name="brit">"Walker, Alice." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  The novel won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction.

The next year, she published ''In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens:  Womanist Prose'' (1983), a collection of essays in which she proposed the womanist movement.<ref name="fem" />  Her further novels include ''The Temple of My Familiar'' (1989), examining racial tensions, ''Possessing the Secret of Joy'' (1992), a graphically violent work concerning women mutilated, ''By the Light of My Father's Smile'' (1998), of anthropologists who discover a Native American tribe while under the guise of missionaries, and ''Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart'' (2005).<ref name="brit" />   

The next year, she published ''In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens:  Womanist Prose'' (1983), a collection of essays in which she proposed the womanist movement.<ref name="fem" />  Her further novels include ''The Temple of My Familiar'' (1989), examining racial tensions, ''Possessing the Secret of Joy'' (1992), a graphically violent work concerning women mutilated, ''By the Light of My Father's Smile'' (1998), of anthropologists who discover a Native American tribe while under the guise of missionaries, and ''Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart'' (2005).<ref name="brit" />   

==Bigotry, criticism==

==Bigotry, criticism==

Walker was criticized for her works to be overly feminist, and claim they portray almost all black men as villains and all white people as stupid or cruel.<ref name="poet" />

Walker was criticized for her works to be overly feminist, and claim they portray almost all black men as villains and all white people as stupid or cruel.<ref name="poet" />

In 2013 Walker showed her burning hatred as she devoted "80 pages to a screed on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict replete with fervently anti-Jewish ideas."<ref>(June 18, 2013). [https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/new-book-alice-walker-contains-shocking-80-page-screed-against-israel-jews New Book from Alice Walker Contains ‘Shocking’ 80-Page Screed Against Israel & Jews]". ''ADL''.</ref> in 2018 Walker was slammed for recommending [[Anti-Semitic]] book,<ref>Stanley-Becker, Isaac (December 18, 2018). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/18/new-york-times-criticized-alice-walker-interview-touting-book-that-blames-jews-holocaust/ The New York Times assailed for Alice Walker interview endorsing 'anti-Semitic' conspiracy theorist]". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 3, 2022.</ref><ref> Harris, Elizabeth A. (April 24, 2022). "Alice Walker Has 'No Regrets'". The New York Times.

In 2013 Walker showed her burning hatred as she devoted "80 pages to a screed on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict replete with fervently anti-Jewish ideas."<ref>(June 18, 2013). [https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/new-book-alice-walker-contains-shocking-80-page-screed-against-israel-jews New Book from Alice Walker Contains ‘Shocking’ 80-Page Screed Against Israel & Jews]". ''ADL''.</ref> in 2018 Walker was slammed for recommending [[Anti-Semitic]] book,<ref>Stanley-Becker, Isaac (December 18, 2018). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/18/new-york-times-criticized-alice-walker-interview-touting-book-that-blames-jews-holocaust/ The New York Times assailed for Alice Walker interview endorsing 'anti-Semitic' conspiracy theorist]". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 3, 2022.</ref><ref>Harris, Elizabeth A. (April 24, 2022). "Alice Walker Has 'No Regrets'". The New York Times.

  Alter, Alexandra (December 21, 2018). "Alice Walker, Answering Backlash, Praises Anti-Semitic Author as 'Brave'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2020.</ref><ref>Doherty, Rosa (December 17, 2018). "Acclaimed author Alice Walker recommends book by notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved April 2, 2020.</ref><ref>Schaub, Michael (December 18, 2018). "[https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-alice-walker-backlash-20181218-story.html Author Alice Walker under fire for endorsing book by 'anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist]'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 13, 2022</ref><ref>Branigin, Anne (December 18, 2018). "[https://www.theroot.com/pulitzer-prize-winner-alice-walker-new-york-times-catc-1831177782 Pulitzer Prize Winner Alice Walker, New York Times Catch Heat After She Recommends Anti-Semitic Book]". theroot.com. The Root. Retrieved October 13, 2022</ref>

  Alter, Alexandra (December 21, 2018). "Alice Walker, Answering Backlash, Praises Anti-Semitic Author as 'Brave'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2020.</ref><ref>Doherty, Rosa (December 17, 2018). "Acclaimed author Alice Walker recommends book by notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved April 2, 2020.</ref><ref>Schaub, Michael (December 18, 2018). "[https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-alice-walker-backlash-20181218-story.html Author Alice Walker under fire for endorsing book by 'anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist]'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 13, 2022</ref><ref>Branigin, Anne (December 18, 2018). "[https://www.theroot.com/pulitzer-prize-winner-alice-walker-new-york-times-catc-1831177782 Pulitzer Prize Winner Alice Walker, New York Times Catch Heat After She Recommends Anti-Semitic Book]". theroot.com. The Root. Retrieved October 13, 2022</ref>

She also wrote a rerrible hate poem,<ref>Troy. Gil (Jan 19, 2019). "[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/i-called-out-alice-walkers-jew-hatred-again-and-she-confirmed-it-again-576185 I called out Alice Walker’s Jew-hatred again, and she confirmed it – again]". ''The Jerusalem Post''.</ref> paralleled to [[Nazi]] propaganda in the 1930s.<ref>(December 30, 2021). "[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-yellow-spot-detailed.html The Yellow Spot: Detailed, contemporaneous accounts of Nazi persecution of Jews 1933-1935 sound a lot like today's antisemitism (PDF)"] EoZ.</ref>

She also wrote a rerrible hate poem,<ref>Troy. Gil (Jan 19, 2019). "[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/i-called-out-alice-walkers-jew-hatred-again-and-she-confirmed-it-again-576185 I called out Alice Walker’s Jew-hatred again, and she confirmed it – again]". ''The Jerusalem Post''.</ref> paralleled to [[Nazi]] propaganda in the 1930s.<ref>(December 30, 2021). "[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-yellow-spot-detailed.html The Yellow Spot: Detailed, contemporaneous accounts of Nazi persecution of Jews 1933-1935 sound a lot like today's antisemitism (PDF)"] EoZ.</ref>