On this day
15
December

Muriel Rukeyser, bell hooks

Born: Muriel Rukeyser (1913)
Died: bell hooks (2021)

Born on this day

15DecBorn 1913113th birthday

Muriel Rukeyser

Muriel Rukeyser brought testimony, political struggle and intimate experience into an expansive idea of poetry.

Died on this day

15DecDied 20215th anniversary of death

bell hooks

bell hooks made Black feminist thought accessible through writing about education, culture and love. She asked readers to connect personal relationships with the larger structures that shape power and belonging.