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“One of the year’s must-reads.” –ELLE “[A] provocative, heart-breaking, and frequently hilarious collection.” –GLAMOUR “Essential, vital, and urgent.” –HARPER’S BAZAAR In the vein of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist and Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, but...

According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore Bell Hooks's electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As Hooks herself notes, interrogations of popular culture can be a "powerful site for intervention, challenge and change." And intervene, challenge, and change is what hooks does best.

Black Market Reads is a menu for Black literary consumption and all of its spin-offs. Featuring conversations with Black artists who love to read and write and engage in arts and culture. PRODUCER: The Givens Foundation for African American Literature HOSTED BY: Lissa Jones PRODUCTION SERVICES: iDream.tv/Paul Auguston and Edie French INTRO/CLOSE: Derek Emery ARTWORK: courtesy of Ta-coumba Aiken