The cushion in the road : meditation and wandering as the whole world awakens to being in harm's way / Alice Walker.

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Essays revisiting themes the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist, and activist has addressed throughout her career, exploring her conflicting impulses to retreat into inner contemplation and to remain deeply engaged with the world: racism, Africa, solidarity with the Palestinian people,...

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Uniform Title:Essays. Selections
Main Author: Walker, Alice, 1944-
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, 2013.
Subjects:
American essays.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
Genre:
American essays.
Physical Description:xii, 365 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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Essays revisiting themes the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, essayist, and activist has addressed throughout her career, exploring her conflicting impulses to retreat into inner contemplation and to remain deeply engaged with the world: racism, Africa, solidarity with the Palestinian people, the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, Cuba, health care, and the work of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Call Number:PS3573.A425 C87 2013
ISBN:9781595588722 (hardcover)
1595588728 (hardcover)