Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart
by Alice Walker

Alice Walker, author of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple—“an American novel of permanent importance” (San Francisco Chronicle)—crafts an evocative and intensely emotional collection of poems that chronicle her astonishing life’s journey.

Alice Walker, “one of the best American writers of today” (The Washington Post), presents a timeless collection of over forty new works of passionate and powerful poetry. From painful confessions to celebrating the simple beauty of baking frittatas, Walker offers us a window into her magical, at times difficult and liberating world of activism, love, hope, and more. Walker encourages us to harness the divine that is inside all of us and brings her legendary free verse to the page once again, demonstrating that she is both a revolutionary and an inspiration to many generations of fans.