A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks’ 'All About Love'

Published by William Morrow and Company in 2000, 'All About Love' endures as a word-of-mouth favourite – the kind of book that continues to be read and discussed even without any breaking news event, movie tie-in or publicity campaign. Photo: AP

In the summer of 2022, Emma Goodwin was getting over a breakup and thinking hard about her life and how to better herself. She decided to try a book she had heard about often, bell hooks’ All About Love: New Visions.

“I loved it. It takes seriously a subject that is scoffed at in popular culture, that a lot of people see as silly,” says Goodwin, 26, a social media coordinator who lives in Philadelphia.