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Oprah Winfrey on Impact of “The Color Purple” and New Movie Adaptation: 'The Power of a Story Well...
People via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWinfrey discussed the novel and upcoming movie-musical in her speech at the 74th National Book...
Danielle Brooks on leaving a legacy with “The Color Purple” and being ready for a "weird" role next
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDanielle Brooks Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Back in 1982, Alice Walker published her...
'Friday Night Lights' author Buzz Bissinger is an unlikely hero in book-ban fight
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 8 months agoThis is a story about democracy and one of democracy's greatest tools − books. The freedom to read...
The Mississippi Book Festival returns to Jackson. Here's what you need to know.
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m The Mississippi Book Festival will return to Jackson in...
12 contemporary books by Black authors that are banned for writing about race, sexuality, and police...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"All Boys Aren't Blue" and "The Color Purple"MacMillan / Penguin Random House In 2021, debates...
Buckle Up: Alice Walker, Tracy Chapman and the Messiest Black Love Story Never Told
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPhoto: Peter Kramer/Jerod Harris (Getty Images) The messiest (alleged) Black love story on the...
Books That Are Worth Reading After You Watch The Movie
CinemaBlend via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJavier Bardem in No Country For Old Men. Some of what many would consider to be the greatest movies...
New UNCW book 'Bigger than Bravery' explores how pandemic affected Black community
Star News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFounded in 2009, Lookout Books is the literary imprint of the University of North Carolina...
Tolstoy, Sendak picture book among hundreds banned from Florida schools
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHundreds of books, including a classic by Leo Tolstoy and a storybook by beloved children’s author...
The Stars of “The Color Purple,” Past and Present
The Oprah Magazine via AOL· 5 months agoStars of The Color Purple, Past and PresentHearst Owned From Alice Walker’s 1982 novel to Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film to two Broadway productions, The...