Emory University announced today that Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker is placing her literary archive at the school in Atlanta. Walker, a native of Eatonton, Georgia, won the prize for her 1983 work “The Color Purple” which focuses on the struggle of Southern blacks, particularly women. Walker periodically visits Emory for readings and meetings with faculty – a relationship the author cited as explanation for her decision.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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