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readingwmiles's review against another edition
4.0
such a beautiful collection. i want to get it in print and re-read soon!
purplemuskogee's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
I loved this more than All About Love, and I found this one was a lot less judgemental and a lot kinder in a way. Hook's reflection on growing up and later returning to Kentucky, her thoughts about race and class, gentrification... It was all excellent but why I would re-read these essays is probably because of the ones about her grandmother Baba's quilts. They were moving, important, I wanted to see them, I learned about crazy quilts and their history and origin - from enslaved women - and they reminded me about f quilters I know and love.
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Moderate: Slavery
rocionaval's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
xtie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
this is the bell hooks I can get by!! Ostensibly rooted in hooks’ love for her home of kentucky, she found a way to make one place and her relationship to it a salve to another lonely, uprooted person across time and space. I really loved how “real” these essays felt - directly responding to race and place - but also open enough that it’s still relatable.
It is ultimately a bunch of essays gathered from different sources - many of which are republished - so there is some repetition in phrases and direct quotes that I found a little boring. Upgrading this library book to my own copy bc I have a feeling I will be returning to this again.
It is ultimately a bunch of essays gathered from different sources - many of which are republished - so there is some repetition in phrases and direct quotes that I found a little boring. Upgrading this library book to my own copy bc I have a feeling I will be returning to this again.