The Chicken Chronicles

by Walker, Alice

• ISBN13: 9781595587749
• ISBN10: 1595587748
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-03
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

On a farm north of San Francisco, celebrated writer Walker diligently cares for a flock of chickens. "The Chicken Chronicles" captures her blossoming relationship with her chickens and is an extraordinary document of personal recovery, political commitment, and the joys of relating to animals.

Author Biography

Alice Walker is one of the most prolific writers of our time, known for her literary fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple, her many volumes of poetry, and her powerful nonfiction collections. Her advocacy for the dispossessed has spanned the globe.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Pax Ameraucana, or the Chicken Chronicles	p. 1
Who Knew What Would Happen Next?	p. 5
Four Brown Eggs! Yaay, Space Nuts!	p. 9
What Do Chickens Like to Do?	p. 13
Perhaps You've Seen Her?	p. 17
I Have a Persistent Thought About My Mother's Thumb	p. 21
So I Thought We Would Just Go on Like this Forever	p. 25
Thank You, Rufus!	p. 33
Dear Rufus, Agnes, & Co	p. 37
Flying	p. 41
Girls!	p. 45
How Many Lost on the Journey?	p. 49
Gandhi Samadhi	p. 55
Mommy is Not Pure!	p. 59
The Old Fox	p. 65
Enough Mother	p. 71
Leaving You	p. 77
St. Michael	p. 83
St. Michael, Lover of Animals and Children	p. 89
The Song Behind the World: The Nuns of Dharamsala	p. 97
Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories	p. 101
From: Poems for My Girls	p. 111
Grandfather GandhiùAnd Mommy's Experiments with Reality	p. 113
A Few Kind Words About Stupidity	p. 119
Bearded Ladies	p. 125
In the Night Mommy Hears Mangoes Falling	p. 129
Hi, Gladys, Gladys, Gladys, Gladys, Gladys	p. 133
Automatic	p. 135
Attachment	p. 141
Mommy Writes About Hortensia	p. 145
Mommy is so Thankful to Have You Appear	p. 151
Gertrude's Neck	p. 157
The First Day	p. 163
Day Two	p. 169
Looking Deeply	p. 175
Even Bullies are Missed and Loved	p. 179
Ha Ha, Ha Ha, Ha Ha!	p. 183
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