Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place Journaling Nabuko Yoshiya

Nabuko Yoshiya

from the challenges she overcame in early life to the publication of her groundbreaking autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and her work with Martin Luther King Jr

Foreword by Kiese Laymon

and spirituality

Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place Journaling Nabuko YoshiyaAuthor, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's leading intellectuals. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks drew her unique pseudonym from the name of her grandmother, an intelligent and strong willed African American woman who inspired her to stand up against a dominating and repressive society. Her poetry, novels, memoirs, and children's books reflect her Appalachian upbringing and feature her