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remembered rapture

the writer at work

bell hooks

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ISBN10: 0805059105
ISBN13: 9780805059106

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With the grace and insight that readers and students have come to expect of her, celebrated author, feminist, and critic 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 very the heartbeat of this collection of essays.

Remembered Rapture celebrates literacy, the joys of reading and writing, and the lasting power of the book. Once again, hooks's essays reveal a wide-ranging intellectual scope.

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Praise for remembered rapture

"For anyone who writes, or seeks to understand the writing process, or wants to know more about the erudite and passionate mind of bell hooks, this is the book to read."The Philadelphia Inquirer

"A study that should provoke and inspire writers of each gender, all races, every background."The Oxford American

"bell hooks reveals the heart of her writing life and the process through which she has come to be known as a 'visionary feminist.'"Essence

"Each offering from bell hooks is a major event, as she has so much to give us."—Maya Angelou

"hooks infuses the best of these essays with a personal tone that sheds warm light on this particular writer's life."—Publishers Weekly

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About the author

bell hooks

bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021) was a pioneering feminist whose writings revealed how the specific life experiences of Black women were marginalized by the idea that feminism represented all women equally. A professor of English, African and Afro-American studies, American literature, and women’s studies, she taught at the University of Southern California, Yale, Oberlin College, City College of New York, and Kentucky’s Berea College, which established the bell hooks Institute for her work.

The author of more than thirty books of literary criticism, children’s fiction, poetry, and autobiography, including Killing Rage: Ending Racism, Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood, Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life, and Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work, hooks was nominated for the NAACP Image Award, won an American Book Award, and was named one of Time’s 100 Women of the Year in 2020.