Alice Walker's The Color Purple won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1983 and has been turned into two Oscar nominated films and a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. It's also one of the most banned and challenged books in the United States.
For the Talk of Iowa book club, expert readers discuss the story and legacy of The Color Purple.
Guests:
- Abena Sankofa Imhotep, CEO of Sankofa Literary and Empowerment Group
- Rachelle Chase, public speaker, columnist and author
- Lakesia Johnson, associate professor of gender, women's, and sexuality studies and English at Grinnell College
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