sep 2, 1973 - Everyday Use - Written by Alice Walker

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Everyday Use is a widely studied and short story by Alice Walker. It was first published in 1973 as part of Walker's short story collection In Love and Trouble. The short story is told in first person by "Mama", an African-American woman living in the Deep South with one of her two daughters.

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia, a rural farming town, to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Tallulah Grant. Both of Walker's parents were sharecroppers, but her mother would work as a seamstress to earn extra money as well. Walker, the youngest of eight children, was first enrolled in school when she was just four years old at East Putnam Consolidated. Alice is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist.

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