Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work by Bell Hooks (English) Paperback Book

Description: Remembered Rapture by Bell Hooks With grace and insight, celebrated writer 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 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, these essays reveal bell hooks's wide-ranging intellectual scope; she is a universal writer addressing readers and writers everywhere. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Even though writing is a solitary act, when I sit with words that I trust will be read by someone, I know that I can never be truly alone." --bell hooks, "women who write too much"In this timeless essay collection on the writing life, award-winning author and renowned thinker bell hooks shares the secrets gleaned from years of facing the blank page, pen in hand.At a time when the death of the book has been proclaimed, hookss Remembered Rapture beats with a pulsing passion for words, reminding us of literacys potency and the vital joys of reading and writing. In contemplative essays infused with her personal experience, hooks reveals her wide-ranging intellectual scope. With insight and vision, hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers, especially those whose work goes against the grain.This inspiring collection from a treasured American author is for everyone who believes in the power of the written word."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 Author Biography 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 womens studies, she taught at the University of Southern California, Yale, Oberlin College, City College of New York, and Kentuckys Berea College, which established the bell hooks Institute for her work. The author of more than thirty books of literary criticism, childrens 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 Times 100 Women of the Year in 2020. Table of Contents preface: rapture from the deep writing from the darkness women who write too much a body of work: women labor with words remembered rapture: dancing with words writing without labels writing to confess telling all: the politics of confession writing autobiography from public to private: writing bone black class and the politics of writing a life in the spirit: faith, writing, and intellectual work divine inspiration: writing and spirituality intellectual life: in and beyond the academy catalyst and connection: writers and readers the writers true home black women writing: creating more space zora neale hurston: a subversive reading emily dickinson: the power of influence the legacy of ann petry hansberry: the deep one writing with grace: the magic of morrison writer to writer: remembering toni cade bambara Review "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 writers life." --Publishers Weekly Review Quote hooks infuses the best of these essays with a personal tone that sheds warm light on this particular writers life. Details ISBN0805059105 Author Bell Hooks Short Title REMEMBERED RAPTURE Language English ISBN-10 0805059105 ISBN-13 9780805059106 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Pages 256 Residence New York City, NY, US Subtitle The Writer at Work DOI 10.1604/9780805059106 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1999-11-01 NZ Release Date 1999-11-01 UK Release Date 1999-11-01 Publisher St Martins Press Imprint St Martins Press DEWEY 808.02082 Audience General Publication Date 1999-11-15 US Release Date 1999-11-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:9170863;

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