Jej poézia sa vyznačuje hlbokým skúmaním identity Afroameričanov a zložitosti ich skúseností. Prostredníctvom svojho písania sa snaží osvetliť a osláviť históriu a kultúru černošských žien, pričom sa často zameriava na témy postavenia, odolnosti a hľadania hlasu. Jej dielo je cenným príspevkom do americkej literatúry, ktorý obohacuje poetickú krajinu o jedinečné perspektívy.
A light-skinned African American woman is married to a white man who is ignorant of her racial heritage. Her childhood friend, equally capable of "passing," has chosen to live her life as a black woman and deny the existence of racism. A chance meeting forces both women to confront truths about themselves
Serves both as an introduction to the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner's large body of work and as a critical analysis of her multifaceted canon. Thadious Davis begins with Walker's biography and her early experiences in the South and then presents ways of accessing Walker's complex... číst celé