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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsbell hooks (author, critic, feminist and public intellectual) dies at 69.
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Obituary: bell hooks, a Hopkinsville native who went on to an international career as an author, critic, feminist and public intellectual, died on Dec. 15 at her home in Berea. She was 69. @lbblackford https://kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article256616171.html
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Lexington Herald-Leader
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Obituary: bell hooks, a Hopkinsville native who went on to an international career as an author, critic, feminist and public intellectual, died on Dec. 15 at her home in Berea. She was 69. @lbblackford https://kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article256616171.html
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9:31 AM · Dec 15, 2021
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article256616171.html
bell hooks, a Hopkinsville native who went on to an international career as an author, critic, feminist and public intellectual, died on Dec. 15 at her home in Berea. She was 69.
She had been ill and was surrounded by friends and family when she passed, according to a press release from her niece, Ebony Motley.
Gloria Jean Watkins was born on Sept. 25, 1952 in Hopkinsville, Ky. to Veodis and Rosa Bell Watkins, the fourth of seven siblings. She attended segregated schools in Christian County, then went on to Stanford University in California, then earned a masters in English at the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate in literature at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She adopted her great-grandmothers name as her pen name in lower case letters, she told interviewers, in order to emphasize the substance of books, not who I am.
She published her first book, Aint I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism in 1981. Her literary career continued with more than 40 books of including essays, poetry and childrens books. Her topics include feminism, racism, culture, politics, gender roles, love, and spirituality.
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bell hooks (author, critic, feminist and public intellectual) dies at 69. (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Dec 2021
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. Cross gently, great lady!
Caliman73
(11,738 posts)2. Huge loss !
Why is it that the great public intellectuals die young while ignorant, unhealthy, idiots like Trump seem to hang around forever!?!
She will be missed.
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LoisB
(7,206 posts)4. Oh, no. Major loss. Love you bell.
femmedem
(8,203 posts)5. Oh no! Too young.
Thank you for everything I learned from your writings.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)6. Will have to re-read some of her work this week
A huge loss.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)7. I heard her speak years ago
and met her. I think my Bell Hooks books got flooded or something because I can no longer find them, but she's worth a read. thank you for posting.
electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)8. Oh dear! Dang! :( Too young.
RIP Bell Hooks
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,357 posts)9. Huge, huge loss. Rest in power.
SYFROYH
(34,172 posts)10. A national treasure whose words will live on.