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bell hooks Book Club
March 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free
The bell hooks Legacy Group, the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, Hoptown Chronicle, and the Christian County Literacy Council will celebrate the life and work of Hopkinsville native bell hooks with a book discussion on Monday, February 24 at 6pm in the bell hooks Legacy Room at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
The bell hooks Book Club is an informal group who will come together in conversation of Hopkinsville native bell hooks and her extensive work. All are welcome to join the discussion.
Born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville and writing under the pen name bell hooks, this remarkable woman published 40 books in her lifetime. The cultural critic, educator, and theorist is best known for her writings on feminism, race, and class, but she also wrote children’s books and books about love, spirituality, and healthy relationships.
After our meeting in February, it was decided that the group would meet more frequently to discuss shorter readings in greater depth. Next week’s meeting will discuss the Introduction and Chapter One: “The Heart of the Matter” of hooks’s 2001 book Salvation: Black People and Love.
Published as part of her love trilogy, Salvation “examines everything from love in significant works of black literature to popular television shows to rap music, and how these portrayals of love have affected and represented the black community. She also discusses love and how it has affected black figures throughout history, from the days of slavery to the civil rights and Black Power movements up to today. This book is an incredibly influential and meaningful work of healing among races, using the truly universal experience of love to bring us together.” (from bellhooksbooks.com)
Stop by The Vault Museum Shop at the Pennyroyal Area Museum to purchase a copy of Salvation: Black People and Love and to pick up a bell hooks button – while supplies last.
The bell hooks Legacy Group is a grassroots alliance that nurtures the meaning and impact of the writer’s stories, essays and poems in her hometown, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where she began life as Gloria Jean Watkins. Follow bellhookslegacygroup on Instagram for more information.
For more information, contact the Museums at 270-887-4270 or visit us in person at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.