bell hooks Book Club continues discussion of ‘Salvation’

The group meets on the third Monday of each month in the bell hooks Legacy Room of the Pennyroyal Area Museum.

The bell hooks Book Club will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, May 18, at the Pennyroyal Area Museum, 217 E. Ninth St. to continue the group’s discussion of “Salvation: Black People and Love.” This month’s meeting will focus on Chapter 2 of the book. 

An informal group that meets monthly in the museum’s bell hooks Legacy Room, the club is open to anyone interested in learning more about bell hooks.

woman sitting in chair and holding book in room with bell hooks photos and mementos
Gwenda Motley speaks about a children’s book by her late sister, bell hooks, during a program on Aug. 4, 2024, in the Pennyroyal Area Museum’s bell hooks Legacy Room. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)

A Hopkinsville native, bell hooks was a prolific writer, cultural critic and feminist icon. 

The book club’s sponsors are the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, Hoptown Chronicle, the Christian County Literacy Council and the bell hooks Legacy Group.

“Salvation” is available to purchase in The Vault by Planters Bank Museum Shop, or online through the museum’s Shopify store — or to check out from the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library.

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