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About the Author

Alice Walker is one of the most prolific writers of our time, known for her literary fiction, including the Pultizer Prize-winning The Color Purple, her many volumes of poetry, and her powerful nonfiction collections. Her advocacy for the dispossessed has spanned the globe. She lives in Northern California.

Rudolph P. Byrd is a professor of American studies and the founding director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute at Emory University. His books include The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson and Charles Johnson’s Novels: Writing the American Palimpsest. He lives in Atlanta.

Praise for The World Has Changed: Conversations with Alice Walker…

Read as separate pieces, these conversations offer vivid glimpses of Walker’s energetic personality. Taken together, they offer a sense of her marvelous engagement with her world.
—Kirkus Reviews

Reveals her humor, compassion and commitment to social change.
—Ms. Magazine

Walker fans will appreciate this fascinating look at the writer and personality.
—Booklist

[A]n exceptionally unusual biography . . . a gentle testament to interviewing and rich conversation.
—Metro Times