Blogging from A to Z 2022 - Alice Walker

Welcome to Day 23 of the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge (2022) I will be discussing topics of interest to those who identify as women this year. The Book Connection is lucky number 78 in a list of more than 140 bloggers who are participating in 2022. I encourage you to check out the list and visit other blogs with topics of interest. 

ALICE WALKER

Alice Walker is a writer, poet, and activist who, according to her website, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award. Her biography states she is a staunch defender of not only human rights, but of the rights of all living beings. 

Walker coined the term "womanist" in her book, In Search for Our Mother's Gardens. Howard University states womanists place special focus on issues facing black women, men, and families. There are numerous journal articles written on this topic. 

She has a new children's book out titled, "Sweet People Are Everywhere." The poem addresses a young boy getting his first passport, taking the boy––and the reader––on a journey through a series of countries around the globe where “sweet people” can be found.