{"product_id":"on-being-female-black-free-margaret-walker-19321992-9780870499814","title":"On Being Female Black Free: Margaret Walker 1932-1992","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Being Female Black Free: Margaret Walker 1932-1992\u003c\/strong\u003e by Walker, Margaret. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780870499814.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese highly personal essays, written over the course of six decades, reveal the woman as well as the artist, capturing the independent creative spirit of this literary icon. In accessible and stirring prose, Walker speaks directly about her own experiences - such as growing up in a deeply religious home, living in the Jim Crow South, marrying and raising a family, and becoming a civil rights activist. These essays also offer Walkers critical perspectives on a wide range of topics, from the role of the black woman artist to the distinctiveness of African American cultural life and to the importance of education in the fight for political change.\nMaryemma Grahams introduction provides a historical context for the essays, placing Walkers work within the African American literary canon. Walker reflects on the numerous poets and writers she has known over the years, including Zora Neale Hurston, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Richard Wright. A work of broad general appeal, On Being Female, Black, and Free offers a powerful introduction to the work of an essential American literary figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: Univ Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44989296934965,"sku":"ByrdShop_0870499815","price":93.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780870499814_413b3760-9de5-4191-a10f-54d3cc875964.jpg?v=1778899145","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/on-being-female-black-free-margaret-walker-19321992-9780870499814","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}