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The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever - Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here

Her "passionate politics," will stay with us on our journey to freedom.
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
By Keyaira Boone · Updated December 15, 2021

bell hooks will continue to hold our hands and live in our hearts as long as we at ESSENCE can turn a page, because books are friends you never have to say goodbye to. 

When hooks passed away from an undisclosed illness at the age of 69 on December 15, Black girls across the globe began to mourn openly after spending decades clinging to the beauty and power of her words. 

The scholar and critic who was a proud Black feminist before Etsy had sweatshirts declaring the title acceptable introduced us to possibilities of what love, salvation, and community could look like if we let go of what we thought it was supposed to be. Her books and essays inspired countless other writers and critical thinkers. Even fictional characters like Insecure’s Kelli Prenny respected the strength in her charismatic arguments.

The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Portrait of American author and feminist bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins) as she smiles, her arms folded, New York, 1980s. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

She was loud, she was inconvenient, she was sometimes unpopular and she was ours. She gave us permission to yearn.

In the enduring legacy of her “passionate politics” voices of women like Kierna Mayo, Jamilah Lemieux and Sesali Bowen, continue to encourage us to reach for more.

She inspired a number of revised cannons full of wordsmiths who continue to helps us celebrate ideas about free Black women and girls that require us to be relentless about our love for ourselves and one another. 

Revisit some of the deeply impactful work by bell hooks below and keep her close – forever.

01
Communion The Female Search for Love By bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
HarperCollins Publishers All rights reserved.
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02
Communion The Female Search for Love By bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
HarperCollins Publishers All rights reserved.
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03
Salvation Black People and Love – bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
HarperCollins Publishers All rights reserved.
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04
Ain’t I a Woman- Black Women and Feminism – bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Routledge
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05
Talking Back- Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Routledge
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06
Feminism is for everybody
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Pluto Press
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07
Teaching to Transgress Education as the Practice of Freedom By bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Routledge
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08
Belonging A Culture of Place – bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Routledge
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09
Writing Beyond Race Living Theory and Practice – bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Routledge
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10
Sisters of the Yam Black Women and Self-Recovery – bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Routledge
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11
Reel to Real Race, class and sex at the movies – bell hooks
The Glory Of bell hooks Will Live Forever – Revisit Some Of Her Greatest Work Here
Routledge
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