Recognized as one of the leading voices among black American women writers, Alice Walker has produced an acclaimed and varied body of work, including poetry, novels, short stories, essays, and criticism. Her writings portray the struggle of black people throughout history, and are praised for their insightful and riveting portraits of black life, in particular the experiences of black women in a sexist and racist society. Her most famous work, the award-winning and best-selling novel The Color Purple, chronicles the life of a poor and abused southern black woman who eventually triumphs over oppression through affirming female relationships. Walker has described herself as a "womanist" — her term for a black feminist — which she defines in the introduction to her book of essays, In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose, as one who "appreciates and prefers women’s culture, women’s emotional flexibility ... women’s strength" and is "committed to [the] survival and wholeness of entire people, male and female.

February 13, 2006 I am a Renegade, an Outlaw, a Pagan–Author, Poet and Activist Alice Walker in Her Own Words 1,000 people gathered in the First Congregational Church in Oakland to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Media Alliance. We spend the hour playing Amy Goodman’s onstage interview with Alice Walker.

November 17th, 2006 Inner Light in a Time of Darkness: A Conversation with Author and Poet Alice Walker joins us in our firehouse studio to talk about her latest work, “We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For.”