Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple.
“One of my most cherished possessions is a copy of The Color Purple, signed by Alice Walker and dated October 22, 1991. In case of fire, I keep it near my family photos to make sure it is not left behind. In Search of The Color Purple delivers extraordinary insight into both the love and the struggle that made Ms. Walker’s exquisitely crafted novel a masterpiece. After reading Salamishah Tillet’s poignant book, neither readers nor writers will forget that it takes courage and audacity to write a novel that tells the reality of women’s lives.”
—Anita Hill
“A bold and vital tale that rightly treats Alice Walker’s American classic as if it were a living, breathing being.”
—Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty
“A beautiful tribute to The Color Purple and a gift to those of us who are deeply connected to it.”
—Tarana Burke, Founder of the Me Too movement
“Tillet employs her extraordinary talents as a writer and scholar to pen a fresh and original approach.”
—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
About the Author
Salamishah Tillet is a scholar, cultural critic, and activist. A professor at Rutgers University–Newark and previously a professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, she is a contributing critic-at-large for the New York Times. With her sister, she cofounded A Long Walk Home, a Chicago-based national nonprofit that uses art to empower young people to end violence against girls and women. She lives in New Jersey.
Pre-order wherever books are sold!
Also available in eBook
