bell hooks

A statue representing an African American girl was unveiled Sunday in the Round Table Literary Park at Hopkinsville Community College to honor the late city native and author bell hooks.

The painting by Hopkinsville artist Paula Gieseke honors the legacy of Gloria Jean Watkins, the feminist author known by her pen name bell hooks.

The mural is on the west wall of the Christian County Historical Society building at Ninth and Liberty streets in downtown Hopkinsville.

The tribute to the acclaimed author, and Hopkinsville native, who was born Gloria Jean Watkins, was attended by roughly 400 people Saturday at the Alhambra Theatre.

“Hoptown” will focus on the sisterhood of Black women with inspiration from the near-parallel lives of Abadoo’s mother and the late feminist writer bell hooks, who grew up in Hopkinsville as Gloria Jean Watkins.

Tracy Ross speaks with Gwenda Motley about her sister, the late bell hooks.

The Hopkinsville Community College Foundation is raising donations to help pay for the addition to the Round Table Literary Park.

A virtual event for the late writer and activist was interrupted Tuesday when trolls crashed it with bigoted comments and lewd images.

bell hooks, a Hopkinsville native, was an internationally renowned poet, author, feminist, professor, cultural critic and social activist.

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association has given its 2013 Best Poetry Award to Hopkinsville native and author bell hooks for her book…