The Atlantic converses with Alice Walker. The Pulitzer-prize winning author reflects on America as a “people in the making,” the importance of poetry, standing up for women, and aging.
“…There’s really no need ever to feel that you can’t understand something or other people. That you can’t feel for other people just because you didn’t grow up that way. You can and we must really keep our faith strong that we can empathize.”
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