Published to Stellar Praise, The World has changed boasts revelatory conversations between Walker and other literary and cultural icons-including Howard Zinn, Pema Chödrön, Claudia Tate, Margo Jefferson, William R. Ferris, and Paula Giddings-and illuminates the heart and mind of one of the world's most celebrated living writers. Carefully framed and contextualized through an introduction by literary scholar Rudolph P. Byrd, the book also includes a thorough chronology of Walker's life and work.