Ahead, we honor her work that changed the way we think about feminism; here are seven essential books you should read from bell hooks's massive, prolific collection of essays, poems, and literature.

Senegalese author and feminist Mariama Bâ is known for her French-language novels “So Long a Letter” and “Scarlet Song.” She became, before her death in 1981, one of the 20th century’s most ...