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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.
lsparrow's review against another edition
5.0
I always find when I read bell hooks I am struck how she provides insight that I feel is often missing in difficult conversations about race. She is is so straight forward and up front but also does not fall into dichotomies. so powerful.
heidihaverkamp's review against another edition
4.0
I'm fascinated by books about home, the landscapes and places we belong to. Here, hooks chronicles her relationship with Kentucky, growing up as a hillbilly in the racially integrated green hills of the backcountry, her family history, how she left/escaped and tried to learn to live other places, and eventually, to her great surprise, moved back - and eventually died there. It's a series of essays she mostly published other places, over many years, and gathered together in a collection.