Margaret Walker, a renowned American poet, was born on July 6, 1915, and passed away on November 30, 1998. Her poetry is known for its profound social consciousness and humanistic concerns, which have had a profound impact on American poetry.
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Source: How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature
“Only ways you can keep folks hating is to keep them apart and separated from each other.”
Source: Jubilee
Source: Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)
Source: A poetic equation: conversations between Nikki Giovanni and Margaret Walker
Source: Conversations with Margaret Walker
Source: Conversations with Margaret Walker
“All you violated ones with gentle hearts; You violent dreamers whose cries shout heartbreak”
Source: This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems
“Old Molly Means was a hag and a witch; Chile of the devil, the dark, and sitch.”
Source: This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems
Source: This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems
“Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.”
Source: Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)
Source: Fields Watered with Blood: Critical Essays on Margaret Walker
Source: Fields Watered with Blood: Critical Essays on Margaret Walker
“The Word of fire burns today On the lips of our prophets in an evil age.”
Source: This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems
Source: This Is My Century: New and Collected Poems
Source: Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)
“Love stretches your heart and makes you big inside.”
Source: Fields Watered with Blood: Critical Essays on Margaret Walker
Source: Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition)