Alice Walker first published “The Color Purple” in 1982.
It was eventually made into a musical that premiered on Broadway in 2005 (viaPlaybill).
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At one point in the novel, Celie writes that she doesn’t know God anymore.
Walker, however, stands by the novel and believes it can change people’s lives.
“I know what ‘The Color Purple’can mean to people, women and men, who have no voice.
Who believe they have few choices in life,” the writer toldGuernica.
It can lift them into a new realization of their own power, beauty, love, and courage.
