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‘The Color Purple’ Review: In Its Fifth Major Iteration, The Classic Alice Walker Story Becomes A...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAlice Walker started the phenomenon with her Pulitzer-winning 1982 book, and three years later...
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...
Buckle Up: Alice Walker, Tracy Chapman and the Messiest Black Love Story Never Told
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPhoto: Peter Kramer/Jerod Harris (Getty Images) The messiest (alleged) Black love story on the...
'Friday Night Lights' author Buzz Bissinger an unlikely hero in Iowa book-ban debate
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis is a story about democracy and one of democracy's greatest tools — books. The freedom to read...
The Stars of “The Color Purple,” Past and Present
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 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...
The 10 Best Literary Rediscoveries of 2023
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn addition to the new books they print each year, publishers large and small often dig into the past to find writing that deserves to be delivered to...
In honor of ‘The Color Purple’: Movie musicals inspired by classics
Gold Derby via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAlice Walker published her acclaimed novel “The Color Purple” in 1982. It sold five million copies;...
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...
Alice Walker, ‘Color Purple’ Cast Celebrate Shug-Celie Romance in Remake: “We Really Needed to See...
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn Steven Spielberg’s 1985 feature adaptation of The Color Purple, the characters of Celie and Shug...
The 40-year fight over 'The Color Purple's' queer love story
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSteven Spielberg, a Broadway show and now a movie musical all have tried to capture the queer love...