The Color Purple and the Toppling of American Gods
Essay
By: Olivia A. Cole | September 21, 2016
"In The Color Purple lies the truth, in its pages lie glorious, flammable ideas: how many fires could be lit with the simple, indomitable truth that a Black girl… More
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