{"product_id":"remembered-rapture-the-writer-at-work-paperback","title":"Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBell Hooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Even though writing is a solitary act, when I sit with words that I trust will be read by someone, I know that I can never be truly alone.\" --bell hooks, \"women who write too much\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this timeless essay collection on the writing life, award-winning author and renowned thinker bell hooks shares the secrets gleaned from years of facing the blank page, pen in hand.\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when the death of the book has been proclaimed, hooks's \u003ci\u003eRemembered Rapture\u003c\/i\u003e beats with a pulsing passion for words, reminding us of literacy's potency and the vital joys of reading and writing. In contemplative essays infused with her personal experience, hooks reveals her wide-ranging intellectual scope. With insight and vision, hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers, especially those whose work goes against the grain.\u003cbr\u003eThis inspiring collection from a treasured American author is for everyone who believes in the power of the written word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For anyone who writes, or seeks to understand the writing process, or wants to know more about the erudite and passionate mind of bell hooks, this is the book to read.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in the rural South, bell hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. This passion for words is the heartbeat of this contemplative collection of essays. Remembered Rapture celebrates literacy, the joys of reading and writing, and the lasting power of the book. These essays once again reveal bell hooks's wide-ranging intellectual scope; if W. E. B. DuBois elegantly dissected the double consciousness of African-Americans, bell hooks, with similar insight and vision, untangles the complex personae of women writers, especially those whose work goes against the grain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ebell hooks\u003c\/b\u003e (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021) was a pioneering feminist whose writings revealed how the specific life experiences of Black women were marginalized by the idea that feminism represented all women equally. A professor of English, African and Afro-American studies, American literature, and women's studies, she taught at the University of Southern California, Yale, Oberlin College, City College of New York, and Kentucky's Berea College, which established the bell hooks Institute for her work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of more than thirty books of literary criticism, children's fiction, poetry, and autobiography, including \u003ci\u003eKilling Rage: Ending Racism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBone Black: Memories of Girlhood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWounds of Passion: A Writing Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRemembered Rapture: The Writer at Work\u003c\/i\u003e, hooks was nominated for the NAACP Image Award, won an American Book Award, and was named one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Women of the Year in 2020.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52694964044083,"sku":"9780805059106","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bkJaWWE2N3F1Q0JGenNLYXc2Ukw3QT09.webp?v=1763078379","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/remembered-rapture-the-writer-at-work-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}