Beth Feagan

Assistant Professor of General StudiesGeneral Studies

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Contact

Office Location

  • Draper Building, 122A

Office Hours

  • Tues 1:00 - 3:30
  • Thurs 1:00 - 3:30
  • Additional office hours by appointment

Biography

Beth Feagan teaches General Studies at Berea College. She is working on a memoir and a collection of poems. Gardening, hiking, meditating, doing yoga, and writing poetry help her breathe her way through this life.

Degrees

  • M.F.A. Children’s Literature, Hollins University, May 2016.
  • M.A. English with a concentration in Creative Writing, Longwood University, May 2012.
  • B.A. English, Longwood University, Summa Cum Laude, August 2010.

Publications & Works

  • Publications

    “Plea.” Testament: A Rural Anthology. Backwoods Literary Press, 2025.

    “Foreword.” The Modern Mountain Cookbook: A Plant-Based Celebration of Appalachia. March 2025.

    “An Epilogue | ‘This community truly touched my heart.’” Horses. History. Hospitality. | Paris, Kentucky. Fall 2024.

    “An epilogue: Happy to be back together again.” A Community Devoted: Leitchfield, Kentucky. Fall 2023.

    “bell hooks Lives On.” 5 April 2022. https://www.appalachianplaces.org/post/bell-hooks-lives-on-keeping-vigil-on-place-and-passing

    “Sandy Hollow.” https://www.sharefest.org/

    Book Review: The Poems of Wing Lei by Alex Grant, Smartish Pace, Fall 2012.

    Podcast

    “bell hooks: becoming, being, beyond.” Kentucky Humanities. Fall 2022. https://soundcloud.com/user-935111786/bell-hooks-becoming-being-beyond-part-1

    Virtual Performance

    “bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh: three haiku.” Performed for an international virtual memorial for Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh. My poetry commemorated his friendship with bell hooks. My performance begins at 2:05:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLNMquDZUns