Explore the life and legacy of Kentucky-born author bell hooks, who wrote nearly 40 books and whose work at the intersection of race, class and gender serves as a lasting contribution to the ...
About bell hooks When Gloria Jean Watkins published her first book, And There We Wept, in 1978, she released it under the name “bell hooks” for two reasons. The first was to honor her maternal ...
As a child with “too much spirit”, bell hooks, found her place in words; “This is my home. This dark, bone black inner cave where I am making a world for myself.” In this “newly ...