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bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through the truth of her words

  • Written by Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Executive Director, Karson Institute for Race, Peace, & Social Justice, Loyola University Maryland
bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through the truth of her wordsBell hooks' books provide a window into her hugely influential theories.Karjean Levine/Getty Images

I was introduced to the work of bell hooks for the first time when I was 14 years old, sitting on my Nana’s porch, complaining about the mosquitoes and the heat.

My Nana, who was probably frustrated by my endless complaints about being bored,...

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