Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Need for love Feeling loved

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

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Audre Lorde

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Topic
Pain Learning from suffering

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Audre Lorde
Source
Sister Outsider
Medium
Essay
Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Citation

Lorde, Audre. "Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger." Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Crossing Press, 1984.