remembered rapture: the writer at work
With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. Her passion for words is the heartbeat of this collection of essays....
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With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. Her passion for words is the heartbeat of this collection of essays. Remembered Rapture celebrates literacy, the joys of reading and writing, and the lasting power of the book. Once again, these essays reveal bell hooks's wide-ranging intellectual scope; she is a universal writer addressing readers and writers everywhere.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780805059106 (0805059105)
Publish date: November 15th 1999
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
This was a rocky journey and let me tell you why:p. 13 "For the vast majority of my life I have longed to write"p. 14 "Once I began to write books regularly, sometimes publishing two at the same time, more and more comments were made to me about how much I was writing."p. 15 "To overcome fears about...