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(1952-2021) Author. bell hooks was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and died in Berea, Kentucky.

Full Name

bell hooks

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1952

BIRTH

bell hooks was born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on September 25, 1952.

1978

LITWORK

And There We Wept
Golemics

Collection of poems.

1981

LITWORK

Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism
Boston, MA: South End Press
978-0-89608-129-1
Nonfiction.

1984

LITWORK

Feminist Theory: From Margin To Center
South End Press
978-0-89608-613-5
Nonfiction.

1994

OTHER

Beginning in 1994, Ms. hooks was distinguished professor of English at City College of New York.

1994

LITWORK

Teaching To Transgress: Education As The Practice Of Freedom
New York, NY: Routledge
978-0-415-90808-5
Nonfiction.

1996

LITWORK

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood
Henry Holt and Company
0805041451 / 978-0805041453
Memoir.

1996

LITWORK

Reel to Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies
Routledge
978-0-415-91824-4
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

All About Love: New Visions
New York, NY: William Morrow
978-0-06-095947-0
Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
New York, NY: Routledge
978-0-203-64220-7
Nonfiction.

2009

LITWORK

Belonging: A Culture Of Place
New York, NY: Routledge
978-0-203-88801-8
Nonfiction.

2010

LITWORK

Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
New York, NY: Routledge
978-0-415-96820-1
Nonfiction.

2014

OTHER

Ms. hooks was a scholar in residence at The New School in 2014.

2021

DEATH

bell hooks died at her home in Berea, Kentucky, on December 15, 2021.

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