Bone Black

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood
Book Cover for Bone Black
Author bell hooks
Original title Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood
Country United States
Language English
Genre Memoir
Publisher Henry Holt and Company
Published in English
1996
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 183 pp
ISBN 0-8050-4145-1
OCLC 34356274
305.48896/073 B 20
LC Class E185.97.H77 A3 1996

Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood (Holt, 1996) is a memoir by bell hooks. It details her childhood experiences as a poor, African American girl growing up against a background of racial segregation.

Further reading

  • Light, Steve (1 January 1999). "Autobiographical desire". Callaloo. 22 (1): 240–243. doi:10.1353/cal.1999.0007. ISSN 1080-6512. (Book review – excerpt)
  • Shockley, Evelyn E. (1997). "Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood". African American Review. Saint Louis University. 31 (3): 552–4.


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