Check out these ten books by the legendary author. The Will to Change book by bell hooks Politics & Social Sciences Books > Cultural Books ISBN: 170432520X ISBN13: 9781704325200 Gems from Above by bell hooks See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 65.19 Paperback 17. She was also the founder of the bell hooks Institute, which “celebrates, honors, and documents the life and work” of its namesake. A charismatic speaker, she divided her time between teaching, writing, and le. No woman has ever written enough.”Ī native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks taught at Berea College for over 15 years. bell hooks was a cultural critic, a feminist icon, and the renowned author of more than twenty books, including the enduring classic New York Times bestseller All About Love, Rock My Soul, The Will to Change, Sisters of the Yam, and When Angels Speak of Love. Perhaps one of her most apt quotes was this one, from 1999’s Remembered Rapture: “No Black woman writer in this culture can write ‘too much.’ Indeed, no woman writer can write ‘too much’. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks explores the ways that patriarchal values damage and oppress both men and women. From her debut, Ain't I a Woman, to the celebrated All About Love, hooks’s goal was always to enlighten. Like James Baldwin, Angela Davis, and Maya Angelou, she was not just one of America's leading writers but a necessary literary voice that brought the Black community’s stories to the forefront.Īfter receiving her bachelor’s at Stanford and going on to earn a doctorate at the University of California, hooks brought her unyielding and honest perspective to the world of feminist literature. Beginning with her first poetry collection in 1978, bell hooks-the renowned professor, writer, and activist who died on Decemat age 69-wrote a total of 34 provocative works interrogating feminism and race, challenging the ways in which they are interconnected.
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