Alice Walker, ‘Color Purple’ Cast Celebrate Shug-Celie Romance in Remake: “We Really Needed to See That Love Is Love” The new musical adaptation of Alice Walker's book explores the romance ...

Fantasia Barrino in 'The Color Purple' Courtesy of Warner Bros. Alice Walker started the phenomenon with her Pulitzer-winning 1982 book, and three years later Steven Spielberg turned it into a ...

Visitors can gain more insights into Alice Walker and “The Color Purple" from an Atlanta exhibit at Emory University. “At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice ...

In its many incarnations, “The Color Purple” is one of those indelible, unforgettable American texts. From Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel to Steven Spielberg’s Oscar ...

In Steven Spielberg’s 1985 feature adaptation of The Color Purple, the characters of Celie and Shug share a chaste kiss, but not much else hints at the love affair that was integral to author ...

Walker’s novel is many things, none more powerful than a reclamation of value, perspective and heritage from a person who’d been told she was worthless. Here, through song, the character of ...

‘The Color Purple’ Review: Alice Walker’s Novel Lends Itself to the Blues, as Well as Stirring Musical’s Sense of Spiritual Uplift Reviewed at Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, Nov. 18 ...

As for Walker, who along with Michael Beasley and Jacob Pullen was a star on K-State's 2008-09 team, the time was finally right to get involved with the Purple & Black team now making its sixth ...

1. The Color Purple (1982) Alice Walker’s magnum opus, The Color Purple, is not only her most well-known work but also one of the most influential novels in the history of American literature.

Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple,” refused to authorize a Hebrew translation of her prize-winning work, citing what she called Israel’s “apartheid state.” In a June 9 letter to ...

Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple, tells the story of Celie, an African-American woman living in rural Georgia, over 40 years as she survives and heals following abuse.

Alice Walker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Colored Purple,” will speak at this year’s Mississippi Book Festival as the event returns to an in-person format after two … ...