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A review by akingston5
Belonging: A Culture of Place by bell hooks
5.0
“Every night I would lie in the stillness of the dark and listen to trains coming and going imagining my own life journey, the places I would go, the people I would meet... I have returned to the world of my childhood, the world in which I first sowed the seeds of my belonging and becoming, a seeker on the path, the contemplative intellectual choosing solitude, ideas, choosing critical thinking. Here in my native place I embrace the circularity of the sacred, that where I begin is also where I will end. I belong here.”
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Friends, if you haven’t read bell hooks, I highly recommend basically any essay she writes. In this collection she explores the relationships of environment and place to class, race, gender, identity, and community, and I want to swim in so many of these essays they’re just so, so good. If you like essay collections with lots of life wisdom that you can look through to your own life, this is for you!
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Friends, if you haven’t read bell hooks, I highly recommend basically any essay she writes. In this collection she explores the relationships of environment and place to class, race, gender, identity, and community, and I want to swim in so many of these essays they’re just so, so good. If you like essay collections with lots of life wisdom that you can look through to your own life, this is for you!