The daughter of two African-American sharecroppers, she attended Spelman College and then Sarah Lawrence on scholarship during the s. It comes as no surprise, then, that demand for Ms. She offered one first-come-first-serve speech at the UGA Chapel on Wednesday October 14 th and another ticketed albeit free of charge speech at the Morton Theatre Thursday the 15 th.
Fans had to be turned away at both events due to seating limitations, but even the overflow room with live streaming was filled to the brim with members of the UGA community interested in the legend that is Alice Walker.
Walker certainly did not disappoint. Walker sat in an armchair onstage atop a rug and lit by house lamps.
Walker to publish a curated collection of Ms. Walker and Professor Boyd moved on to the questions of the night. Walker began by saying that this visit was the first time that she had been to Athens since , and recalled living with an aunt and uncle in Athens when she was two and her mother was recovering from an injury. This subject brought her to the importance of ancestors and heritage in her work.
Professor Boyd asked how she managed to keep that childlike wonder alive in her adult years, to which Ms. She also cited the importance of reading in her childhood. In fact, reading young and reading often is the most common piece of advice she gives to younger children in the world today.
