Walker, Margaret 1915-1998

Jubilee by Margaret Walker( Book )

98 editions published between 1965 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 3,462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The fortunes of a mulatto girl--as a slave during the Civil War and then as a woman freed by the Emancipation Proclamation

Richard Wright, daemonic genius : a portrait of the man, a critical look at his work by Margaret Walker( Book )

12 editions published between 1985 and 1993 in English and held by 1,382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richard Wright was first a black man and second a writer. The life of this black man is inextricably bound to his writing. Author of 16 books, his first published volume appeared in 1938, when he was 30 years old. When he died at age 52, 22 years later, he had published a dozen books. I have divided rights life and work into five periods: his first 19 years in the violent white South, including his childhood and adolescence; 10 years of maturation in Chicago, when he became a revolutionary, a bohemian, and a professional writer; 10 years of professional success and personal frustration in New York; 10 years of seeking freedom and Paris; and, finally, his last two or three years of trauma and tragedy. Then, I have followed a general outline of relating his published works -- books, articles, poetry, and speeches -- to his life. Each period of his life was dominated by a set of ideas and philosophies that he personally embraced and then inculcated in his writing. A man motivated by ideas and novelist of ideas, his intellectual stature is a first consideration. His intellectual development and his Weltanschauung, or worldview, place him in the forefront of 20th century life and culture, and it is in this area that this book seeks to break ground. - Preface

For my people by Margaret Walker( Book )

51 editions published between 1942 and 2011 in English and held by 1,337 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Leonardo on painting : an anthology of writings by Leonardo( Book )

13 editions published between 1989 and 2001 in English and held by 1,071 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Leonardo's writings on painting were never edited by Leonardo himself into a coherent treatise. The book known as Leonardo's Treatise on Painting, first published in 1651, comprises a compilation of quotations, described by one early translator as a "chaos of intelligence." This anthology aims to bring order into the chaos, so Leonardo's views can be read in a logical and sequential manner. The authors have edited material not only from the Treatise but also from Leonardo's surviving manuscripts and from other primary sources, some of which are here translated for the first time. Included among these are Leonardo's own letters and memoranda, letters by contemporaries, and important documents to which he was a signatory. The book begins by looking at Leonardo's general principles of painting. Then follow sections on the optical foundations of art, the human body, the appearance of nature, and the practice of painting, including instructions for the artist and evocative accounts of subject matter.--From publisher description

A poetic equation: conversations between Nikki Giovanni and Margaret Walker by Nikki Giovanni( Book )

15 editions published between 1974 and 1983 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,049 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is my century : new and collected poems by Margaret Walker( Book )

14 editions published between 1989 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 977 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brings together one hundred of Margaret Walker's poems

On being female, black, and free : essays by Margaret Walker, 1932-1992 by Margaret Walker( Book )

11 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 655 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

These 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 Walker's 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. Maryemma Graham's introduction provides a historical context for the essays, placing Walker's 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

Prophets for a new day by Margaret Walker( Book )

17 editions published between 1970 and 2011 in English and German and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For My People : the Life And Writing Of Margaret Walker by Judith McCray( Visual )

4 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Through interviews with writers, scholars, and Walker herself, this documentary examines the life and work of Margaret Walker focusing on the influence that her writing had on Black women writers

October journey by Margaret Walker( Book )

13 editions published between 1973 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide