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Vol. 3, No. 6 - January 27, 2004
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Bell Hooks to Launch Skidmore's Black History Month Celebration
Hooks has been celebrated as one of the nation's leading public intellectuals by The Atlantic Monthly and was named one of Utne Reader's "100 visionaries who could change your life." Known for a charismatic speaking style, she divides her time among reading, writing, and lecturing. Hooks has written a number of books about a broad range of topics, including gender, race, teaching, and the significance of media for contemporary culture. Her most recent book, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity (2003, Routledge), is a complex, multi-layered look at black male identity. She also wrote Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem (2002, Atria Books), which Publisher's Weekly called "a timely, provocative book" on the lack of significant social progress in the black community. Her earlier books include Salvation: Black People and Love (2001, William Morrow & Co.) and Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2000, South End Press). In addition, hooks is the author of the children's books Happy to Be Nappy (1999, Hyperion) and Homemade Love (2002, Jump Sun). Born in 1952 and named Gloria Jean Watkins, hooks grew up in Kentucky. To distinguish herself from another author named Gloria Watkins, she later took the name "bell hooks," with its distinctive capitalization. Bell Hooks was the name of her great-grandmother, an outspoken woman known for challenging the racist and sexist stereotypes of her age. A 1973 graduate of Stanford, where she earned a B.A. degree, hooks earned an M.A. at the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She has taught at Yale and Oberlin and is currently a Distinguished Professor of English at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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Cultural critic, feminist theorist, and author bell hooks will lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, in Gannett Auditorium of Palamountain Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.