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Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place by 
Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood by 
Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life by bell hooks (1952-2021) was a prolific and outspoken cultural critic, public intellectual, social activist, professor, author, and so much more who wrote and lectured frequently on race, feminism, gender, sexuality, social justice, and many other topics. She leaves a tremendous legacy in numerous disciplines. Rest in power. Below is a brief selection of her wide-ranging works.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by 
Black Looks: Race and Representation by 
Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life by 
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by 
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by 
Homegrown: Engaged Cultural Criticism by 
Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representation by 
Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies by 
Salvation: Black People and Love by 
Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by 
Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black by 
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope by 
Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom by 
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by 
Where We Stand: Class Matters by 
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by 
Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice by 
