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Appalachian Elegy

Pages
88
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

This collection of poems by bell hooks offers a deeply personal exploration of her childhood and youth in the Appalachian region of Kentucky. Through evocative verse, she reflects on the landscapes, people, and experiences that shaped her identity. It's a moving tribute to a specific place and the memories it holds.

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bell hooks

bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky; died 2021 in Berea, Kentucky) was an American author, feminist theorist, cultural critic and poet who wrote more than thirty books on race, gender, class, love and teaching. Her pen name, deliberately styled in lower case, honors her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. Her best-known works include Ain't I a Woman, Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center, Teaching to Transgress and All About Love, and she also wrote ch...

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