331:, in 1982. Printed in numerous editions, it is a classic in Feminist Studies, Black Studies, and Black Women's Studies. Her landmark scholarship directed attention to the lives of Black women and, combined with the numerous articles she wrote thereafter, helped remedy the emphasis within Feminist Studies on white women and within Black studies on Black men. The National Institute conferred on Hull its Women of Color Award for this accomplishment.
42:
232:. She has published four books, a monograph, three edited collections, more than twenty articles in peer-reviewed professional journals, numerous chapters in a dozen volumes, fifteen book reviews, poems in more than thirty magazines and anthologies, and two short stories. Her first novel,
499:. In 2012, she completed her first novel, which she described as the story "of a Black actress going through a lot of love, sex, sexuality, personal enlightenment -- it's not autobiographical, but it's all me", and which was published by Aurelia Works.
625:
Hull married on June 12, 1966; she and her husband, Prentice Roy Hull, also a graduate student, had their only child, Adrian
Prentice Hull, at this time. They divorced in 1984. Subsequently, she married again (divorced in 1991) and entered into a
360:(1987) continued to highlight the rich contributions of women to that pivotal era. Its painstaking archival research revealed for the first time unsuspected homoerotic connections among the women and lesbian themes in their writings.
212:
activist has helped shape Women's
Studies. As one of the architects of Black Women's Studies, her scholarship and activism has increased the prestige, legitimacy, respect, and popularity of feminism and African-American studies.
649:
319:
282:, where she earned her Master's and Ph.D. in English Literature. She married on June 12, 1966. She and her husband, Prentice Roy Hull, also a graduate student, had their only child, Adrian Prentice Hull, at this time.
507:
Hull has been the keynote speaker at numerous university and community conferences throughout the United States; given lectures and readings at numerous bookstores and other venues; been interviewed on
610:. She has traveled in Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Japan, the Caribbean, England, Ghana, Hawaii, and Costa Rica. These experiences helped shape her research, poetry, and nonfiction and fiction writings.
456:, Hull examines the burgeoning of metaphysical and "New Age" modalities after 1980, and states that politics, spirituality, and creativity are being united into a revolutionary new paradigm.
253:
1219:
270:. During these years, she was a valuable member (as a pianist and member of the choir) at Shreveport's Zion Baptist Church. She was also secretary for the local chapter of the
1214:
586:
awarded her an
Honorary Doctor of Letters "for pioneering work in the field of black feminist studies that has empowered others to hear and appreciate diverse voices."
1114:
1139:
516:; participated in grassroots and professional feminist organizing; and presented workshops on multiculturalism, spirituality, creativity, and self-empowerment.
1144:
1129:
1184:
1149:
1154:
1119:
575:
1224:
1174:
819:
947:
733:
555:
1229:
1134:
446:
364:
217:
1164:
1124:
844:
710:
442:
1204:
1037:
627:
1159:
805:
748:
718:
688:
477:
In 2006, Hull moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, and devoted herself to writing fiction. She was a semifinalist (top 20 of 300) in the
770:
352:, a fascinating poet-journalist who until then had been eclipsed by her more famous husband, the renowned dialect poet and writer
1071:
1194:
1169:
876:
673:
658:
208:(born December 6, 1944) is an American poet, educator, writer, and critic whose work in African-American literature and as a
1054:"Announcing the 29th Annual Women and Spirituality Conference: Keynote Speaker Dr. Akasha Hull (October 23 & 24, 2010)"
1189:
225:
1093:
520:
894:
1179:
937:
579:
483:
1199:
303:
613:
In 1992, Hull legally changed her name from Gloria
Theresa Thompson to Akasha Hull. Her chosen first name is a
173:
699:
491:'Touch Me,' They Said, They Wanted". Hull's short story "Plum Jelly in Hot Shiny Jars" appeared in the 2003
796:
Harris, Duchess. "From the
Kennedy Commission to the Combahee Collective", in Collier-Thomas et al. (eds),
1209:
1006:
563:
296:
267:
252:. Her father was a carpenter and laborer and her mother a maid and cook. She graduated valedictorian from
221:
509:
414:
314:
in the late-1970s. Membership in the collective catalyzed her focus as a scholar, activist, and critic.
249:
237:
69:
1109:
559:
353:
1053:
852:
825:
640:
528:
524:
465:
401:
396:
349:
324:
263:
140:
513:
445:) “the voice of a free, fiercesome, sensual and vivid woman of color," while the literary critic
423:
340:
181:
821:
But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women's
Studies
650:
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's
Studies
320:
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's
Studies
177:
845:"Word Warrior: Local poet helped forge links between feminism, black power, and new literature"
379:
in the 1970s. Since then, her poems have been featured in such publications and collections as
1033:
943:
872:
801:
744:
729:
714:
684:
669:
654:
594:
Over the course of her life, Hull has studied and/or practiced
Southern Baptist Christianity,
583:
567:
532:
478:
470:
279:
275:
229:
149:
775:
536:
144:
964:
914:
571:
418:
258:
548:
434:
406:
307:
209:
191:
153:
1075:
474:
praised it as "powerful, practical and nourishing gumbo ... of the heart and spirit".
1103:
980:
644:
531:, a 30th Class Reunion speech, as well as conversations with such notable authors as
461:
338:, only the second published diary by an African-American woman in the United States.
328:
1072:"Octavia Butler: In conversation with Akasha Gloria Hull, poet and feminist scholar"
603:
544:
540:
492:
1074:. Los Angeles: Library Foundation of Los Angeles. November 2, 2005. Archived from
824:. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New York. Archived from
457:
363:
In 1988, Hull took a position teaching women's studies and literature at the
595:
17:
1007:"'Politics, Spirituality, Creativity: Black Women in the New Age Paradigm"
614:
607:
599:
41:
915:"Color, Sex, and Poetry: Three Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance"
358:
Color, Sex, and Poetry: Three Women
Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
311:
681:
Color, Sex and Poetry: Three Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
216:
Hull has been a professor of women's studies and literature at the
383:(1998, edited by Patricia Bell-Scott and Juanita Johnson-Bailey),
271:
519:
These appearances include Michigan's Everywoman's Festival, the
818:
Hull, Gloria; Patricia Bell Scott; Barbara Smith, eds. (1982).
290:
157:
291:
Black women's studies, feminism, and African-American studies
981:"SOUL TALK: The New Spirituality of African-American Women"
497:
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number: Black Women Explore Midlife
317:
It was during this period that she co-edited the anthology
1094:"Akasha Hull Papers Now Available at the Schomburg Center"
966:
Soul Talk: The New Spirituality of African-American Women
939:
Soul Talk: The New Spirituality of African American Women
726:
Soul Talk: The New Spirituality of African-American Women
454:
Soul Talk: The New Spirituality of African-American Women
299:, Hull had advanced to a full professorship by 1986.
1009:. New York State Writers Institute. November 1, 2001
554:Hull has received prestigious fellowships from the
187:
169:
164:
136:
131:
119:
93:
85:
77:
48:
32:
869:Give Us Each Day: The Diary of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
765:
763:
666:Give Us Each Day: The Diary of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
431:(2007, edited by María Ochoa and Barbara K. Ige).
336:Give Us Each Day: The Diary of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
381:Flat-footed Truths: Telling Black Women's Lives
969:. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions Press.
429:Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence
389:Sisterfire: Black womanist fiction and poetry
295:Beginning her academic career in 1971 at the
236:, was released in October 2012. She lives in
8:
1220:University of California, Santa Cruz faculty
391:(1994, edited by Charlotte Watson Sherman),
375:Akasha Hull's poetry was first published in
112: 1966–1984)
40:
29:
838:
836:
248:Hull was born Gloria Theresa Thompson in
1215:Members of the Combahee River Collective
576:American Association of University Women
503:Public appearances, activism, and awards
371:Poetry, non-fiction, and fictional works
27:American writer and educator (born 1944)
1115:20th-century African-American academics
917:. Bloomington: Indiana University Press
759:
1059:. Minnesota State University, Mankato.
556:National Endowment for the Humanities
278:sorority. Hull later matriculated at
7:
1140:21st-century African-American people
942:. Simon & Schuster. April 2001.
365:University of California, Santa Cruz
218:University of California, Santa Cruz
1145:21st-century African-American women
1130:20th-century African-American women
800:, New York University Press, 2001,
711:Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press
449:applauded it as "a total delight".
443:Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press
1185:American women non-fiction writers
1030:Neicy Paperback – October 20, 2012
843:Masters, Ryan (January 29, 2004).
743:, Little Rock, AR: Aurelia Works,
617:word that means "light/luminous".
25:
1150:21st-century American LGBT people
893:Staples, Brent (April 14, 1985).
89:Poet, educator, writer and critic
696:The Works of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
523:, the New York Open Center, the
344:gave it an enthusiastic review.
254:Booker T. Washington High School
1155:21st-century American novelists
1120:20th-century American academics
628:California domestic partnership
602:, metaphysics, meditation, the
481:Imaginative Fiction Contest of
348:revealed the life and times of
109:
1225:University of Delaware faculty
1175:African-American women writers
707:Healing Heart, Poems 1973–1988
439:Healing Heart: Poems 1973–1988
377:Women: A Journal of Liberation
1:
1028:Hull, Akasha (October 2012).
867:Hull, Gloria T., ed. (1986).
393:In Search of Color Everywhere
226:University of the West Indies
963:Hull, Akasha Gloria (2001).
683:, Indiana University Press,
590:Spirituality and name change
521:American Library Association
411:Erotique Noire/Black Erotica
1230:American women anthologists
1135:20th-century American poets
771:"Hull, Akasha Gloria 1944–"
1246:
1165:African-American feminists
1125:African-American novelists
871:. New York: W. W. Norton.
580:National Humanities Center
1205:Feminist studies scholars
895:"She Was Hard to Impress"
304:Combahee River Collective
199:
127:
39:
1160:Activists from Louisiana
913:Hull, Gloria T. (1987).
334:In 1986, Hull published
302:She was a member of the
244:Early life and education
174:African-American studies
798:Sisters in the Struggle
700:Oxford University Press
639:1982: (Co-editor, with
512:about the poets of the
53:Gloria Theresa Thompson
1195:American women writers
1170:African-American poets
849:Monterey County Weekly
464:and literary activist
421:and Roseann P. Bell),
297:University of Delaware
268:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
222:University of Delaware
634:Selected publications
630:(dissolved in 2006).
510:National Public Radio
415:Miriam DeCosta-Willis
250:Shreveport, Louisiana
238:Little Rock, Arkansas
195:Black Women's studies
70:Shreveport, Louisiana
1190:American women poets
1078:on November 3, 2011.
855:on January 29, 2013.
728:, Inner Traditions,
447:Stephen E. Henderson
354:Paul Laurence Dunbar
274:and a member of the
641:Patricia Bell-Scott
529:Library of Congress
525:Center for the Book
468:endorsed it, while
466:E. Ethelbert Miller
437:called Hull's book
402:Daughters of Africa
397:E. Ethelbert Miller
350:Alice Dunbar-Nelson
325:Patricia Bell-Scott
264:Southern University
141:Southern University
132:Academic background
1180:American feminists
899:The New York Times
653:, Feminist Press,
514:Harlem Renaissance
452:In her 2001 book,
341:The New York Times
256:in Shreveport and
206:Akasha Gloria Hull
182:English literature
34:Akasha Gloria Hull
1096:, April 17, 2023.
1032:. Aurelia Works.
985:Publishers Weekly
949:978-0-89281-943-0
734:978-0-89281-943-0
584:Purdue University
533:Toni Cade Bambara
479:Ursula K. Le Guin
471:Publishers Weekly
413:(1992, edited by
405:(1992, edited by
395:(1994, edited by
280:Purdue University
276:Alpha Kappa Alpha
230:Kingston, Jamaica
228:(Mona campus) in
203:
202:
150:Purdue University
99:Prentice Roy Hull
16:(Redirected from
1237:
1200:American writers
1092:Allison Hughes,
1081:
1079:
1068:
1062:
1060:
1058:
1050:
1044:
1043:
1025:
1019:
1018:
1016:
1014:
1003:
997:
996:
994:
992:
977:
971:
970:
960:
954:
953:
934:
928:
926:
924:
922:
910:
904:
902:
890:
884:
882:
864:
858:
856:
851:. Archived from
840:
831:
829:
828:on May 17, 2012.
815:
809:
794:
788:
787:
785:
783:
776:Encyclopedia.com
767:
694:1988: (Editor),
664:1984: (Editor),
572:Ford Foundations
537:Gwendolyn Brooks
490:
484:Rosebud Magazine
346:Give Us Each Day
310:group active in
113:
111:
78:Other names
66:
63:December 6, 1944
62:
60:
44:
30:
21:
1245:
1244:
1240:
1239:
1238:
1236:
1235:
1234:
1100:
1099:
1089:
1084:
1070:
1069:
1065:
1056:
1052:
1051:
1047:
1040:
1027:
1026:
1022:
1012:
1010:
1005:
1004:
1000:
990:
988:
979:
978:
974:
962:
961:
957:
950:
936:
935:
931:
920:
918:
912:
911:
907:
892:
891:
887:
879:
866:
865:
861:
842:
841:
834:
817:
816:
812:
795:
791:
781:
779:
769:
768:
761:
757:
636:
623:
606:teachings, and
592:
505:
488:
419:Reginald Martin
373:
293:
288:
259:summa cum laude
246:
194:
180:
178:Women's studies
176:
148:
115:
107:
103:
100:
73:
67:
64:
58:
56:
55:
54:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1243:
1241:
1233:
1232:
1227:
1222:
1217:
1212:
1207:
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1182:
1177:
1172:
1167:
1162:
1157:
1152:
1147:
1142:
1137:
1132:
1127:
1122:
1117:
1112:
1102:
1101:
1098:
1097:
1088:
1087:External links
1085:
1083:
1082:
1063:
1045:
1039:978-0988360709
1038:
1020:
998:
987:. May 14, 2001
972:
955:
948:
929:
905:
885:
877:
859:
832:
810:
789:
758:
756:
753:
752:
751:
741:Neicy: a novel
737:
722:
703:
692:
677:
662:
635:
632:
622:
619:
591:
588:
549:Octavia Butler
504:
501:
441:(published by
435:Ntozake Shange
407:Margaret Busby
372:
369:
356:. Hull's book
308:Black feminist
292:
289:
287:
284:
245:
242:
210:Black feminist
201:
200:
197:
196:
192:Black feminism
189:
188:Sub-discipline
185:
184:
171:
167:
166:
162:
161:
138:
134:
133:
129:
128:
125:
124:
121:
117:
116:
105:
101:
98:
97:
95:
91:
90:
87:
83:
82:
81:Gloria T. Hull
79:
75:
74:
68:
52:
50:
46:
45:
37:
36:
33:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1242:
1231:
1228:
1226:
1223:
1221:
1218:
1216:
1213:
1211:
1210:Living people
1208:
1206:
1203:
1201:
1198:
1196:
1193:
1191:
1188:
1186:
1183:
1181:
1178:
1176:
1173:
1171:
1168:
1166:
1163:
1161:
1158:
1156:
1153:
1151:
1148:
1146:
1143:
1141:
1138:
1136:
1133:
1131:
1128:
1126:
1123:
1121:
1118:
1116:
1113:
1111:
1108:
1107:
1105:
1095:
1091:
1090:
1086:
1077:
1073:
1067:
1064:
1055:
1049:
1046:
1041:
1035:
1031:
1024:
1021:
1008:
1002:
999:
986:
982:
976:
973:
968:
967:
959:
956:
951:
945:
941:
940:
933:
930:
916:
909:
906:
900:
896:
889:
886:
880:
874:
870:
863:
860:
854:
850:
846:
839:
837:
833:
827:
823:
822:
814:
811:
807:
806:0-8147-1602-4
803:
799:
793:
790:
778:
777:
772:
766:
764:
760:
754:
750:
749:9780988360709
746:
742:
738:
735:
731:
727:
723:
720:
719:9780913175163
716:
712:
708:
704:
701:
697:
693:
690:
689:9780253204301
686:
682:
678:
675:
671:
667:
663:
660:
656:
652:
651:
646:
645:Barbara Smith
642:
638:
637:
633:
631:
629:
621:Personal life
620:
618:
616:
611:
609:
605:
601:
597:
589:
587:
585:
581:
577:
573:
569:
565:
561:
557:
552:
550:
546:
542:
538:
534:
530:
526:
522:
517:
515:
511:
502:
500:
498:
494:
486:
485:
480:
475:
473:
472:
467:
463:
462:Toni Morrison
459:
455:
450:
448:
444:
440:
436:
432:
430:
426:
425:
420:
416:
412:
408:
404:
403:
398:
394:
390:
386:
382:
378:
370:
368:
366:
361:
359:
355:
351:
347:
343:
342:
337:
332:
330:
329:Barbara Smith
326:
322:
321:
315:
313:
309:
305:
300:
298:
285:
283:
281:
277:
273:
269:
265:
261:
260:
255:
251:
243:
241:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
214:
211:
207:
198:
193:
190:
186:
183:
179:
175:
172:
168:
165:Academic work
163:
159:
155:
151:
146:
142:
139:
135:
130:
126:
122:
118:
96:
92:
88:
86:Occupation(s)
84:
80:
76:
71:
65:(age 79)
51:
47:
43:
38:
31:
19:
1076:the original
1066:
1048:
1029:
1023:
1011:. Retrieved
1001:
989:. Retrieved
984:
975:
965:
958:
938:
932:
919:. Retrieved
908:
898:
888:
868:
862:
853:the original
848:
826:the original
820:
813:
797:
792:
780:. Retrieved
774:
740:
725:
706:
695:
680:
665:
648:
624:
612:
604:Alice Bailey
593:
553:
545:Alice Walker
541:Maya Angelou
518:
506:
496:
493:Beacon Press
482:
476:
469:
453:
451:
438:
433:
428:
422:
410:
400:
392:
388:
385:Life Prayers
384:
380:
376:
374:
362:
357:
345:
339:
335:
333:
318:
316:
301:
294:
257:
247:
233:
215:
205:
204:
1110:1944 births
582:. In 1992,
564:Rockefeller
458:Nobel Prize
18:Gloria Hull
1104:Categories
878:039330311X
755:References
698:, 3 vols,
674:039330311X
668:, Norton,
659:0912670959
578:, and the
495:anthology
224:, and the
170:Discipline
59:1944-12-06
808:, p. 283.
596:Rastafari
560:Fulbright
460:Laureate
137:Education
1013:July 30,
991:July 30,
782:July 30,
615:Sanskrit
608:Buddhism
600:Santeria
424:Callaloo
120:Children
921:May 24,
527:of the
114:
106:
102:
1036:
946:
875:
804:
747:
739:2012:
732:
724:2001:
717:
705:1989:
687:
679:1987:
672:
657:
574:, the
568:Mellon
558:, the
547:, and
427:, and
312:Boston
286:Career
220:, the
94:Spouse
72:, U.S.
1057:(PDF)
323:with
272:NAACP
262:from
234:Neicy
108:(
104:
1034:ISBN
1015:2023
993:2023
944:ISBN
923:2022
873:ISBN
802:ISBN
784:2023
745:ISBN
730:ISBN
715:ISBN
685:ISBN
670:ISBN
655:ISBN
643:and
570:and
487:for
327:and
306:, a
49:Born
647:),
409:),
399:),
367:.
266:in
158:PhD
1106::
983:.
897:.
847:.
835:^
773:.
762:^
713:,
709:,
598:,
566:,
562:,
551:.
543:,
539:,
535:,
417:,
387:,
240:.
156:,
154:MA
145:BA
110:m.
61:)
1080:.
1061:.
1042:.
1017:.
995:.
952:.
927:.
925:.
903:.
901:.
883:.
881:.
857:.
830:.
786:.
736:.
721:.
702:.
691:.
676:.
661:.
489:"
160:)
152:(
147:)
143:(
123:1
57:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
