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![]() ![]() ![]() She was also the founder of the bell hooks Institute, which "celebrates, honors, and documents the life and work" of its namesake. No woman has ever written enough.”īefore her death at the age of 69 on December 15, 2021, the Hopkinsville native was a professor at Kentucky's Berea College for over 15 years. Perhaps one of her most fitting quotes? In 1999's Remembered Rapture, she wrote: "No Black woman writer in this culture can write 'too much.' Indeed, no woman writer can write 'too much'. From her first-ever book, Ain't I a Woman to the celebrated All About Love, hooks's goal has always been to enlighten. ![]() ![]() Like James Baldwin, Angela Davis, and Maya Angelou, she was not just one of America's greatest 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 her 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-renowned professor, writer, and activist-penned 34 expert works on feminism and race, challenging the way readers viewed both in our society. ![]()
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