bell hooks

bell hooks, an internationally renowned poet, author, feminist, professor, cultural critic and social activist, was known to many in Hopkinsville as Gloria Jean Watkins.

Commentary: Remembering my rural neighbor, bell hooks

by Kim Kobersmith
December 20, 2021

The acclaimed author, poet, and professor leaves a lasting legacy, particularly in the small Kentucky town she called home.

bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through the truth of her words

by Karsonya Wise Whitehead
December 17, 2021

As a leading Black intellectual, hooks pushed the feminist movement beyond the preserve of the white and middle-class, encouraging Black and working class perspectives on gender inequality.

bell hooks, Hopkinsville native and renowned feminist author, dies at 69

by Julia Hunter
December 15, 2021

bell hooks, a Hopkinsville native, was an internationally renowned poet, author, feminist, professor, cultural critic and social activist. She died on Dec. 15, 2021, at the age of 69.

Library’s refurbished patio offers a new view of downtown

by Jennifer P. Brown
May 20, 2021

The 2019-20 class of Leadership Hopkinsville-Christian County raised $10,000 to spruce up the porch and add several amenities for library patrons.

‘All About Love’ by bell hooks on NYT list

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 9, 2021

The book by bell hooks, pen name of Hopkinsville native Gloria Watkins, was first published in 2000.

An anthology of Appalachian literature walks on new ground

by Jim Branscome
September 21, 2020

Hopkinsville native bell hooks is among several dozen authors featured in the anthology that explores unique Appalachian struggles, questions, and values.

‘To me, she’s Gloria Jean’

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 22, 2019

Gwenda Motley, a retired educator, spoke about her sister, feminist author bell hooks, during History on Tap at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.