The protagonist of a novel by this author, while at Saxon College, attempts to take in the pregnant Wild Child, who dies after being hit by a car.
The protagonist of a novel by this author, while at Saxon College, attempts to take in the pregnant Wild Child, who dies after being hit by a car. In a short story by this author, a woman thinks that Hakim-a-barber is named "Asalamalakim" after he greets her with the Arabic for "peace be upon you." This writer collaborated with Pratibha Kumar on the documentary Warrior Marks and wrote a novel whose protagonist works on voter-registration with her former lover, Truman Held. This author wrote an essay about discovering Zora Neale Hurston's unmarked tomb that helped (*) revive the reputation of Their Eyes Were Watching God. In a short story by this author, the college-returned Dee tells her mother her name is "Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo" and requests some ancestral quilts, which her mother then gives to Dee's fire-scarred sister Maggie. This author of "Everyday Use" and Meridian wrote an epistolary novel in which Shug Avery helps restore the self-worth of the much-abused Celie. For 10 points, name this African-American "womanist" who wrote The Color Purple.
The protagonist of a novel by this author, while at Saxon College, attempts to take in the pregnant Wild Child, who dies after being hit by a car.
Alice Walker