Guatapé, Colombia
Photos of Guapte, a unique small town outside Medellin, Colombia. Continue reading Guatapé, Colombia
Author: Alice Delaney Walker, aka Dana Walker
Retired writer and teacher, now living outside Lisbon, Portugal. I was born in Chicago and have lived overseas for about 25 years in: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Egypt, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, France, and most recently, Turkey. I earned my MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia in Canada, and a teacher's license from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. I am presently writing THE EXPATS: DAYS & NIGHTS IN ARABIA, condensing my overseas experiences into one book.
Walker vs. Boruch – Character Assassination
Some people speculate the rift between writers Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer) and Anais Nin (journals, Spy in the House of Love) concerned money (he owed her). I propose it was a much deeper betrayal, akin to what I have just … Continue reading Walker vs. Boruch – Character Assassination
The Guitar Player & The Lady Killer – Review
…. I can’t put it down – and I’m rarely like that with books. Continue reading The Guitar Player & The Lady Killer – Review
Suicide & Me
Suicide has been a life-long infliction since I was a child. In college, tired of it, I decided suicide should be turned outward into murder. I was sick of the ‘weak female’ image of women. I actually thanked God a few times for being born a woman. At 5’3” it was highly unlikely I would murder anyone. At 19, a friend confided her mother’s suicide, finding her hanging from a basement wooden beam. That solidified my earlier decision not to have children: What a horror to inflict upon a child! “Have you ever thought of committing suicide?” In college, I … Continue reading Suicide & Me
My Pen Name
In my 20s, one of my sisters congratulated me on my published book of poems. I was confused. I soon learned the book was written by another Alice Walker, an African-American who later wrote The Color Purple. If you Google Alice Walker in the United States, 5,840,000 appear, many added when Google included Ancestry.com’s database. Walker was once the 19th most popular surname in the United States. I intended to be a famous writer too. Alice Walker, the Black and Alice Walker, the White? I invented my first pen name using my mother’s maiden name: A. Delaney Walker. I hid … Continue reading My Pen Name
Three Books I Stopped Reading
Addicted to reading, I clearly remember the time when I was around 23 and diligently read to the end of a very long Danielle Steel book. It was so superficial, I was shocked, dismayed and outraged. I threw the book across my bedroom. It smacked into the wall with a loud thang. That was the first and last time I read a romance novel. I stopped reading three books for the opposite reason: they were so good, but emotionally devastating, I could not endure reading more. First, a friend loaned me a copy of SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA. The book vividly … Continue reading Three Books I Stopped Reading
Parents, don’t let your kids take……
The drug CIPRO, an antibiotic that may cause life lasting side effects that may destroy one’s quality of life. Please refuse it should a doctor or hospital offer it. I received a three-hour drip of it unwittingly. Once I woke and discovered it, I removed the tube from my arm. Perhaps too late…. From NATURE magazine, March 2018 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03267-5 ….But after persistent campaigning by patient groups, attitudes began to change in 2008, when the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the first of what would be a series of strong alerts about the side effects of fluoroquinolone drugs, including … Continue reading Parents, don’t let your kids take……
ROBERT HARLOW – Honored Canadian Writer is a Sexual Predator – see my letter to the NYT editor regarding this article
Would I teach English overseas again? Now?
Now? No. Back in 1984 – Yes. It was an adventure of a lifetime. Continue reading Would I teach English overseas again? Now?
SKINHEADS, FUR TRADERS and DJS – a young man’s adventures in the 1970s
Canadian Kim Clark Champniss’s book is a great lad’s book – full of adventure, life choices, love and success. Somehow, he managed to write a GP, general public, version of the 1970s. However, his WordPress Blog is much more fascinating. If … Continue reading SKINHEADS, FUR TRADERS and DJS – a young man’s adventures in the 1970s
Alice Delaney Walker - Teacher, Writer, Traveller 