When Angels Speak of Love
By bell hooks
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Written from the heart, When Angels Speak of Love is a book of 50 love poems by the icon of the feminist movement and most famous among public intellectuals. In beautiful, profoundly poetic terms, hooks challenges our views and experiences with love—tracing the link between seduction and surrender, the intensity of desire, and the anguish of death. Whether towards family, friends, or oneself, hooks's creative genius makes love both magical and beautiful.
bell hooks
bell hooks was an influential cultural critic, feminist theorist, and writer. Celebrated as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, she was a charismatic speaker and writer who taught and lectured around the world. Previously a professor in the English departments at Yale University and Oberlin College, hooks was the author of more than 17 books, including the New York Times bestseller All About Love: New Visions; Salvation: Black People and Love; Communion: the Female Search for Love, as well as the landmark memoir Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The poems were choppy in the way that the lines have been cut short into two words some lines, and then four words on the other. I was confused by some of the poems based on the subject constantly changing. Overall, the author has a unique style of writing.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful work of poetry. Raw and Real and Touching. Will read it again.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a good start of my poetry reading this year!!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I completed the book, but many of the poems, I did not understand. It's possible that her style of writing is above my head.