Bell Hooks

A perennial New York Times bestseller and enduring classic of modern American culture. “Each offering from bell hooks is a major event, as she has so much to give us.” — Maya Angelou In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalogue. All About...

Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's leading intellectuals. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks drew her unique pseudonym from the name of her grandmother, an intelligent and strong-willed African American woman who inspired her to stand up against a dominating and repressive society. Her poetry, novels, memoirs, and children's books reflect her...

“hooks's books help us not only to decolonize our minds, souls, and bodies; on a deeper level, they touch our lives.” --Cornel West More than two decades before Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement roiled America, bell hooks was declaring that abolishing racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. In Killing Rage, one of our premier cultural...