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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

47 songs
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2015
Album
Jan 2015
Emily Dickinson

1 track

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Album
Jan 2015
Emily Dickinson

1 track

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2003
Single
Jan 2003
To Be a Woman
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Single
Jan 2003
To Be a Woman
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1982
Album
Jan 1982
The Color Purple

18 tracks

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Album
Jan 1982
The Color Purple

18 tracks

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Top Songs

#1
The Color Purple (letter 17 to 90)
#2
Notable opening passages from African American publications
#3
Women
#4
To Be a Woman
#5
The Flowers
#6
The Color Purple (letter 9 of 90)
#7
The Color Purple (letter 8 of 90)
#8
The Color Purple (letter 7 of 90)

About Alice Walker

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The Color Purple
18 tracks · 1982
Emily Dickinson
1 track · 2015

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The Color Purple (letter 17 to 90)

DEAR GOD, Harpo girl daddy say Harpo not good enough for her. Harpo been courting the girl a while. He say he sit in the parlor with her, th…

Notable opening passages from African American publications

1 . Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, ne…

Women

They were women then My mama’s generation Husky of voice—stout of Step With fists as well as Hands How they battered down Doors And ironed S…

To Be a Woman

To be a woman Does not mean To wear A shroud; The Feminine Is not Dead Nor is she Sleeping Angry, yes, Seething, yes. Biding her time; Yes Y…

The Flowers

It seemed to Myop as she skipped lightly from hen house to pigpen to smokehouse that the days had never been as beautiful as these. The air …

The Color Purple (letter 9 of 90)

DEAR GOD, I spend my wedding day running from the oldest boy. He twelve. His mama died in his arms and he don’t want to hear nothing bout no…

The Color Purple (letter 8 of 90)

DEAR GOD, It took him the whole spring, from March to June, to make up his mind to take me. All I thought about was Nettie. How she could co…

The Color Purple (letter 7 of 90)

DEAR GOD, I ast him to take me instead of Nettie while our new mammy sick. But he just ast me what I’m talking bout. I tell him I can fix my…

The Color Purple (letter 6 of 90)

DEAR GOD, Mr. _____ finally come right out an ast for Nettie hand in marriage. But He won’t let her go. He say she too young, no experience.…

The Color Purple - (letter 5 of 90)

DEAR GOD, He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church. I may have got somethin in my eye but I didn’t wink. I don’t even look …

Discography at a glance

47

Songs on Lyrks

2

Albums

28

Singles

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Alice Walker is a music artist with 47 songs on Lyrks.

Popular tracks by Alice Walker include The Color Purple (letter 17 to 90), Notable opening passages from African American publications, Women, To Be a Woman, The Flowers. Browse full lyrics on Lyrks.

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