Queer feminist author bell hooks died December 15 at her home in Brea, Kentucky, according to a report in the Lexington Herald. She was 69. Her sister Gwenda Motley said the cause was end-stage renal ...

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BEREA, Ky. (LEX 18) — Gloria Jean Watkins, better known as bell hooks, died in her Berea home after an extended illness. "Berea College is deeply saddened about the death of bell hooks, Distinguished ...

Editors note: Throughout her career, bell hooks chose to not have her name capitalized and has been known by her pen name ever since. This story will keep that pattern. In memory of bell hooks’ life ...