Speaking From The Heart On A Wide Range Of Topics – Religion And The Spirit, Writing And Language, Families And Identity, Politics And Social Change – Walker Begins With A Moving Autobiographical Essay In Which She Describes Her Own Spiritual Growth And The Roots Of Her Activism, Including Reflections About Religion In The Color Purple. She Goes On To Explore Many Important Private And Public Issues: Being A Daughter And Raising One, Dreadlocks, Banned Books, Civil Rights, Gender Communication, And The Ritual Mutilation Of Children In Ghana. She Writes About Zora Neale Hurston And Salman Rushdie And Offers Advice For Bill Clinton, For Fidel Castro, And For Young Women Growing Up. She Comments On Culture And Cats, Feminism And Race, Writing And Living. Here Are A Wise Woman”s Thoughts As She Interacts With The World Today, And An Important Portrait Of An Activist Writer”s Life. Introduction: Belief In The Love Of The World — Pt. 1. The Only Reason You Want To Go To Heaven … — Pt. 2. Anything We Love Can Be Saved. You Have All Seen Anything We Love Can Be Saved: The Resurrection Of Zora Neale Hurston And Her Work. The Sound Of Our Own Culture. How Long Shall They Torture Our Mothers?: The Trials Of Winnie Mandela. Songs, Flowers, And Swords — Pt. 3. What Can I Give My Daughters, Who Are Brave? Home. Sunniness And Shade: Twenty-five Years With The Woman Who Made Me A Mother. Audre”s Voice. Dreads. My Face To The Light: Thoughts About Christmas. What Can I Give My Daughters, Who Are Brave? What That Day Was Like For Me: The Million Man March — Pt. 4. Turquoise And Coral. Turquoise And Coral: The Writing Of The Temple Of My Familiar. Looking For Jung: Writing Possessing The Secret Of Joy. Frida, The Perfect Familiar — Pt. 5. The Growth Of Understanding. Giving The Party. Treasure. Heaven Belongs To You: Warrior Marks As A Liberation Film — Pt. 6. Saving The Self. Getting As Black As My Daddy: Thoughts On The Unhelpful Aspects Of Destructive Criticism. This Side Of Glory: The Autobiography Of David Hilliard And The Story Of The Black Panther Party / David Hilliard And Lewis Cole. Disinformation Advertising. Letter To The International Indian Treaty Council. Letter To People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals. Follow Me Home. Letter To The Editor Of Essence. African Cinema. I Am Salman Rushdie. This That I Offer You — Pt. 7. Hugging Fidel. Becoming What We”re Called. The Story Of Why I Am Here, Or A Woman Connects Oppressions. Hugging Fidel. A Letter To President Clinton. My Mother”s Blue Bowl. Alice Walker.