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“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
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, hooks’s Remembered Rapture beats with a pulsing passion for words, reminding us of literacy’s 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.
bell hooks
bell hooks (1952-2021) was an influential cultural critic, educator, and writer. Celebrated as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, she was a charismatic speaker and writer who taught and lectured around the world. Her unique pseudonym honors her great-grandmother, a brilliant and strong-willed Black woman who inspired her commitment to resistance and freedom. hooks was the author of more than 40 books, including the New York Times bestsellers All About Love and Communion in the landmark Love Song to the Nation trilogy, as well as the memoir Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood and the poetry collection Appalachian Elegy.
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