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Alice Walker's poetry is classified as the 'African American' literature, but her work's genre actually varies from fiction to very realistic, non-fiction poetry. The context in which Alice Walker creates her work is very realistic and contemporary. A lot of her poetry is influenced by her being an activist and being someone who fights for human rights. She addresses many different themes in her work, but overall Alice Walker writes about race relations, our relationships to God, African history, and human sexuality. Her work is influenced by and often responding to current racial and gender issues in the world.