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When Angels Speak of Love

by bell hooks · 2005

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This collection of 50 poems illuminates our experiences of love - tracing the links between seduction and surrender; the intensity of desire; and the anguish of death.

Themes
feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thisAfrican AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 112 pages
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