Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth - Hardcover

Walker, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0704350890 ISBN 13: 9780704350892

Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth is a tender, poignant, yet uplifting collection of poems which reflect on recent world events. She writes about love, about friendship; she writes about racism, about war and about nationhood. Written in her inimitable style, with humour and compassion, her poems offer hope as we live through the new millennium.

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Review

Praise for Alice Walker' s poetry
" A sensitive, spirited, and intelligent poet. Feeling is channeled into a style that is direct and sharp....Wit and tenderness combine into humanity."
-- "Poetry," about Once
" In these poems there' s the power of a mind' s concentrated passion....Walker' s language moves among griefs, loves, hopes....There' s a compassion in the poems that is not only painfully earned but has, each time, to be earned over again-- and it is this that gives it its authenticity."
-- Denise Levertov, author of Life in the Forest, About Good Night, Willie Lee, and I' ll See You in the Morning
" [Alice Walker] is exceptionally brave: She takes on subjects at which most writers would flinch and quail, and probably fail. She shrinks from no moral or emotional complexity....In Walker' s work nothing is ordinary....She is a marvelous writer."
-- "San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle," about You Can' t Keep a Good Woman Down
" Graceful in their spirituality, openness to experience, and rueful humor, Walker' s poems revolve around love and gratitude for the earth."
-- "Booklist"
" The overall effect is that of listening to a wise woman-- the ' apprentice elder' ... whose gift to us is a vision of wholeness and delight in the world."
-- "Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Praise for Alice Walker's poetry
"A sensitive, spirited, and intelligent poet. Feeling is channeled into a style that is direct and sharp....Wit and tenderness combine into humanity."
--"Poetry," about Once
"In these poems there's the power of a mind's concentrated passion....Walker's language moves among griefs, loves, hopes....There's a compassion in the poems that is not only painfully earned but has, each time, to be earned over again--and it is this that gives it its authenticity."
--Denise Levertov, author of Life in the Forest, About Good Night, Willie Lee, and I'll See You in the Morning
"[Alice Walker] is exceptionally brave: She takes on subjects at which most writers would flinch and quail, and probably fail. She shrinks from no moral or emotional complexity....In Walker's work nothing is ordinary....She is a marvelous writer."
--"San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle," about You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
"Graceful in their spirituality, openness to experience, and rueful humor, Walker's poems revolve around love and gratitude for the earth."
--"Booklist"
"The overall effect is that of listening to a wise woman--the 'apprentice elder'... whose gift to us is a vision of wholeness and delight in the world."
--"Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Praise for Alice Walker's poetry

"A sensitive, spirited, and intelligent poet. Feeling is channeled into a style that is direct and sharp....Wit and tenderness combine into humanity."
--"Poetry", about Once

"In these poems there's the power of a mind's concentrated passion....Walker's language moves among griefs, loves, hopes....There's a compassion in the poems that is not only painfully earned but has, each time, to be earned over again--and it is this that gives it its authenticity."
--Denise Levertov, author of Life in the Forest, About Good Night, Willie Lee, and I'll See You in the Morning

"[Alice Walker] is exceptionally brave: She takes on subjects at which most writers would flinch and quail, and probably fail. She shrinks from no moral or emotional complexity....In Walker's work nothing is ordinary....She is a marvelous writer."
--"San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle", about You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

"Graceful in their spirituality, openness to experience, and rueful humor, Walker's poems revolve around love and gratitude for the earth."
--"Booklist"

"The overall effect is that of listening to a wise woman--the 'apprentice elder'... whose gift to us is a vision of wholeness and delight in the world."
--"Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Praise for Alice Walker s poetry
A sensitive, spirited, and intelligent poet. Feeling is channeled into a style that is direct and sharp....Wit and tenderness combine into humanity.
"Poetry," about Once
In these poems there s the power of a mind s concentrated passion....Walker s language moves among griefs, loves, hopes....There s a compassion in the poems that is not only painfully earned but has, each time, to be earned over again and it is this that gives it its authenticity.
Denise Levertov, author of Life in the Forest, About Good Night, Willie Lee, and I ll See You in the Morning
[Alice Walker] is exceptionally brave: She takes on subjects at which most writers would flinch and quail, and probably fail. She shrinks from no moral or emotional complexity....In Walker s work nothing is ordinary....She is a marvelous writer.
"San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle," about You Can t Keep a Good Woman Down
Graceful in their spirituality, openness to experience, and rueful humor, Walker s poems revolve around love and gratitude for the earth.
"Booklist"
The overall effect is that of listening to a wise woman the apprentice elder ... whose gift to us is a vision of wholeness and delight in the world.
"Cleveland Plain Dealer""

Praise for Alice Walker's poetry
"A sensitive, spirited, and intelligent poet. Feeling is channeled into a style that is direct and sharp....Wit and tenderness combine into humanity."
--Poetry, about Once
"In these poems there's the power of a mind's concentrated passion....Walker's language moves among griefs, loves, hopes....There's a compassion in the poems that is not only painfully earned but has, each time, to be earned over again--and it is this that gives it its authenticity."
--Denise Levertov, author of Life in the Forest, About Good Night, Willie Lee, and I'll See You in the Morning
"[Alice Walker] is exceptionally brave: She takes on subjects at which most writers would flinch and quail, and probably fail. She shrinks from no moral or emotional complexity....In Walker's work nothing is ordinary....She is a marvelous writer."
--San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, about You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
"Graceful in their spirituality, openness to experience, and rueful humor, Walker's poems revolve around love and gratitude for the earth."
--Booklist
"The overall effect is that of listening to a wise woman--the 'apprentice elder'... whose gift to us is a vision of wholeness and delight in the world."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer

Praise for Alice Walker's poetry

"A sensitive, spirited, and intelligent poet. Feeling is channeled into a style that is direct and sharp....Wit and tenderness combine into humanity."
--Poetry, about Once

"In these poems there's the power of a mind's concentrated passion....Walker's language moves among griefs, loves, hopes....There's a compassion in the poems that is not only painfully earned but has, each time, to be earned over again--and it is this that gives it its authenticity."
--Denise Levertov, author of Life in the Forest, About Good Night, Willie Lee, and I'll See You in the Morning

"[Alice Walker] is exceptionally brave: She takes on subjects at which most writers would flinch and quail, and probably fail. She shrinks from no moral or emotional complexity....In Walker's work nothing is ordinary....She is a marvelous writer."
--San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, about You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

"Graceful in their spirituality, openness to experience, and rueful humor, Walker's poems revolve around love and gratitude for the earth."
--Booklist

"The overall effect is that of listening to a wise woman--the 'apprentice elder'... whose gift to us is a vision of wholeness and delight in the world."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer

About the Author

ALICE WALKER won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel The Color Purple. Her other novels include By the Light of My Father's Smile and Possessing the Secret of Joy. She is also the author of three collections of short stories, three collections of essays, five previous volumes of poetry, and several children's books. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, Walker now lives in northern California.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0704350890
• ISBN 13: 9780704350892
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256