8 February 2006
Wednesday 8 February 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)
In an extended interview Susan Hitch talks to Alice Walker, author of The Colour Purple, about her life and work. First broadcast in November 2005
Programme Details
First broadcast on Night Waves in November 2005 Susan Hitch talks to the author of The Color Purple, Alice Walker, about her life and work and the connection between the two.
From losing an eye after her brother shot her when they were young, her illegal marriage to a white lawyer while growing up in America's segregated south, to learning to become an elder by participating in shamanistic rituals - each in different ways has influenced her writing.
And as her 30th book is published in paperback Alice Walker talks to Susan about why, after Hurricane Katrina struck, she returned to the South to create a book altar amongst the stricken as they sheltered at the Astrodome.
Additional Information:
Alice Walker's latest book Now is the Time to Open Your Heart is published in paperback by Phoenix
