{"product_id":"9781595584960","title":"The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker\u003c\/i\u003e includes compelling conversations between acclaimed writer Walker and other significant literary and cultural figures, including Gloria Steinem, Howard Zinn, Pema Chodron, Claudia Tate, Margo Jefferson, William Ferris, Paula Giddings, and Amy Goodman. Each conversation represents a different stage in Walker’s artistic and spiritual development; taken together, they offer an unprecedented angle of vision on her career as well as on her personal and political development. Noted literary scholar Rudolph Byrd sets Walker’s work into context with an introductory essay, as well as with a comprehensive annotated bibliography of her writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes Alice Walker in conversation with the following:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn O’Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (1973) on her early writing career and inspirations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Tate\u003c\/b\u003e (1983) on being part of the emerging coterie of black women writers in the 1970s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Bring\u003c\/b\u003e (1988) on her animal rights activism and its importance to her world view and writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Dreifus\u003c\/b\u003e(1989) on politics and fiction writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Giddings\u003c\/b\u003e (1992) in \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJody Hoy\u003c\/b\u003e (1994) on her personal philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTammy Simon\u003c\/b\u003e from \u003ci\u003eSounds True Recordings\u003c\/i\u003e (1995)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelyn White\u003c\/b\u003e from \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e (1998)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePema Chodron\u003c\/b\u003e (1998) on the importance of Buddhisim to her work and writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam R. Ferris\u003c\/b\u003e (2004) on being a black female writer from the South\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargo Jefferson\u003c\/b\u003e A Conversation from LIVE FROM THE NYPL (2005) on her success with \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e and being a celebrity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e (March 2006) on her politics and activism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Galloway\u003c\/b\u003e (November 2006) on why she supports Castro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarrianne Schnall\u003c\/b\u003e from feminist.com (December 2006)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Zinn\u003c\/b\u003e on her Mississippi years, experiences with Zinn as a student, role of the civil rights movement in her work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047052394736,"sku":"9781595584960","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595584960_p0.jpg?v=1769901383","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595584960","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}