nikki giovanni workshop: a new ending for "the color purple's" ciely

taken from my personal notes during nikki giovanni's workshop on february 11, 1998, the university of georgia, adinkra hall.

nikki's view on alice walker's portrayal of ciely in "the color purple": she should have killed mister and won the lottery, i'm talking about the book, not the movie. the whole sister, children, missionary theme was stupid. when ciely finds out her stepfather ain't blood does that make the rape of a 12 year-old girl justified? - nikki giovanni


well, that's a very, very different approach to the story's plot, my goodness! but that last part about the stepfather, that's a good point...