Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black by bell hooks. 1989, South End Press, first paperback edition. Cover has some wear, some tanning at edge of pages, book in very good condition. A collection of 23 essays on feminism, black homophobia, being black in academia, and the writing life.

To speak then when one was not spoken to was a courageous act---an act of risk and daring.