bell hooks’ works not only tackled subjects like race, gender, class, history, and sexuality but also love and friendship.
On 15 December, renowned author, critic, and feminist, bell hooks, whose works not just tackled subjects like race, gender, class, and sexuality but also love and friendship, died of end-stage renal failure. She was 69.
hooks’ real name was Gloria Jean Watkins but she adopted her great-grandmother’s name, Bell Blair Hooks, for her writing. She decided to write her name in lower case to focus attention on the message of her works rather than herself...
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