bell hooks Poetry Night

A cultural critic, feminist theorist, and scholar on race and gender, bell hooks authored more than 30 books, including the poetry collections Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (‎University Press of Kentucky, 2012), When Angels Speak of Love (Atria Books, 2011), and And There We Wept (Golemics, 1978).

As we dedicate this month to her and her legacy, we invite you to our bell hook Poetry Night! Attendants will have the opportunity to read original poetry inspired by bell hooks or what she stood for, as well as read some of her work. Copies of her poems will be provided.

Here are a few of her books to inspire attendees:

• The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love (2004)

• Communion: The Female Search for Love (2002)

• All About Love: New Visions (2000)

• Feminism Is For Everybody (2000)

• Where We Stand: Class Matters (2000)

• Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood (1996)

• Killing Rage: Ending Racism (1995)

• Teaching to Transgress: Education as a Practice of Freedom (1994)

• Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)

• Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminist (1981)

Hosted by our very own Donald Crocker!