{"product_id":"the-world-will-follow-joy-9781595588760","title":"The World Will Follow Joy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poetry collection of “playful and crooning lyricism” from the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this dazzling new collection, Alice Walker offers over sixty new poems to incite and nurture contemporary activists. Hailed as a “lavishly gifted writer,” Walker imbues her poetry with evocative images, fresh language, anger, forgiveness, and profound wisdom (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Casting her eye toward history, politics, and nature, as well as to world figures such as Jimmy Carter, Gloria Steinem, and the Dalai Lama, she “distills struggles, crises, and tragedies down to bright, singing lessons in living with awareness and joy” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e By attentively chronicling the conditions of human life today, Walker shows, as ever, her deep compassion, profound spirituality, and necessary political commitments. The poems in \u003ci\u003eThe World Will Follow Joy\u003c\/i\u003e remind us of our human capacity to come together and take action, even in our troubled political times. “Her spirituality, concern for human rights, and almost old-fashioned, determined joyousness run deep and her devoted readers will want to follow her as she turns ‘madness into flowers’” (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Alice Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284096168187,"sku":"9781595588760","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_fd2cf724-981d-4608-8e77-0b915b8bd5e5.jpg?v=1771399023","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-world-will-follow-joy-9781595588760","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}