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With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. Her passion for words is the heartbeat of this collection of... read more

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I remember childhood as a time in anguish, as a dark time-not darkness in any sense that is stark, bleak, or empty but as a rich space of knowledge, struggle, and awakening.

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  1. Bell Hooks (Author)

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  1. class
  2. cultural studies
  3. feminism
  4. gender
  5. hooks
  6. memoir
  7. non-fiction
  8. race
  9. writing 
 

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