{"product_id":"remembered-rapture-the-writer-at-work-9780805059106","title":"Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630378782994,"sku":"9780805059106","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f7304ab-dd09-4031-b400-81eecd117158.jpg?v=1732750291","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/remembered-rapture-the-writer-at-work-9780805059106","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}