1 post tagged “alice walker”

I'm in the process of reading a collection of short stories by Alice Walker.  I'd read one of these stories before ("Everyday Use"), but the rest are all new to me.

Several things leap out at me while I'm reading this book.  First, that I wish I was reading this in a physical classroom rather than an online class.  I'd like to discuss Alice Walker with other people who are reading or have read some of her works.  I can understand some of what she is saying through her stories, but I'd like to get other perspectives on it.

Second, I think that the little I can understand of her work needs to be said.  She seems--so far, at least--to write exclusively about women and often from a woman's viewpoint, and to me, that's part of what makes her work fascinating.

At the same time, I wonder if she believes that all white people and all men are inherently malicious "in real life."

It's moments like these that I would love to sit in a real English class.  This online business is extremely convenient, but it isn't--and can't be--the same.