Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place -- Bell Hooks, Paperback

Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's leading intellectuals. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks drew her unique pseudonym from the name of her grandmother, an intelligent and strong-willed African American woman who inspired her to stand up against a dominating and repressive society. Her poetry, novels, memoirs, and children's books reflect her Appalachian upbringing and feature her struggles with racially integrated schools and unwel

Author: Bell Hooks
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 09/28/2012
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.54w x 0.26d
ISBN: 9780813136691
Award: Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2012 pg. 13

About the Author

bell hooks is the author of more than thirty books, including Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism, named by Publishers Weekly as one of the twenty most influential women's books of the last twenty years.