Alice Walker print proofs, 1991-1992

Summary

Creator:

Walker, Alice, 1944-

Date:

1991-1992

Extent:

0.25 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Alice Walker print proofs, ms4214, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of two sets of print proofs. Includes 49 copy edited pages from the final section of the uncorrected proof copy of Her Blue Body Everything We Know. Also includes a photocopy of a typescript of the novel Possessing the Secret of Joy submitted to the Book of the Month Club for consideration well in advance of publication.

Biographical / historical:

Alice Walker is an African American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist. Her most famous novel, The Color Purple, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1983. For more information, please visit The New Georgia Encyclopedia

Indexed terms

Subjects:

African American women authors
African American authors -- Georgia
American poetry -- African American authors.
American literature -- African American authors
Women poets, American.
Poetry.
American poetry.
Poets, American -- 20th century.

Preferred citation:

Alice Walker print proofs, ms4214, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.