Description: From one of America's most revered thinkers offers radical new ways to think about love, and examines the relationship between love and sexuality, and the connections between the public and the private.
Brief description:
bell hooks was an influential cultural critic, feminist theorist, 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. Previously a professor in the English departments at Yale University and Oberlin College, hooks was the author of more than 17 books, including the New York Times bestseller All About Love: New Visions; Salvation: Black People and Love; Communion: the Female Search for Love, as well as the landmark memoir Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood.
Review Quotes:
"Each offering from bell hooks is a major event, as she has so much to give us." - Maya Angelou
"Like love, this book is worth the commitment." - Toronto Sun
"She provides a refreshing spiritual treatise that steps outside the confines of the intellect and into the wilds of the heart." - Seattle Weekly