The House Where My Soul Lives: The Life of Margaret Walker

by Maryemma Graham

This first biography of poet and writer Margaret Walker (1915-98) offers a comprehensive close reading of a pillar in American culture for a majority of the 20th century. Without defining herself as a radical or even a feminist, Walker followed the precepts of both. She promoted the idea of the artist of tradition and social change, a public intellectual and an institution builder. Among the first to recognize the impact of black women in literature,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195341236
• ISBN13: 9780195341232
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"