Viola Davis and the Joy of Being Alive
Glory speaks with actor and author Viola Davis about her new memoir, Finding Me. In the final episode of this season, Viola gets candid about books as a means of…
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Writer and founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club Glory Edim is a book lover who brings readers and writers together to celebrate the written word.
Expanding on the community she built in 2015, the Well-Read Black Girl with Glory Edim podcast is the literary kickback you never knew you needed. Each week, Glory sits in deep, honest and close conversation with authors like Tarana Burke, Min Jin Lee, Anita Hill, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Acevedo and more. You’ll also meet WRBG Book Club members, literacy advocates, and Black booksellers to hear what they’re reading and what it means to be well-read.
Join Glory through this current cultural moment – where art, justice and literature collide – and pay homage to the literary legacies of the women who paved the way. You’ll laugh, cry, connect and build space for kinship in a shared love of literature. Tune in, turn the page, and join the celebration.
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Viola Davis and the Joy of Being Alive
Glory speaks with actor and author Viola Davis about her new memoir, Finding Me. In the final episode of this season, Viola gets candid about books as a means of…
Tayari Jones Writes to Heal Her Readers
Glory speaks with author Tayari Jones about her award-winning novel An American Marriage. In this episode, the women talk about the healing power of Tayari’s work, her long writing process,…
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ on Writing The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois
Glory speaks with poet and author Honorée Fanonne Jeffers about her award-winning debut novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois. In this episode, Honorée opens up about being inspired…
Elizabeth Acevedo’s in a Lyrical League of Her Own
Glory talks to poet and author Elizabeth Acevedo about her books Clap When You Land and The Poet X. They discuss Elizabethâs research process for writing poetry versus writing novels…
Nikole Hannah-Jones is Built to Serve
Glory talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones about her writing process and her preparation for publishing The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. In this episode, they…
Deesha Philyaw Is Done Playing Small
Glory talks to author Deesha Philyaw about her National Book Award finalist debut collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. In this episode, they explore Black women’s complex relationship with…
Zeba Blay Brings Healing to the Page
Glory talks to culture critic and author Zeba Blay about her book Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture and creating space for Black women to…
Gabrielle Union On Writing Her Truth
Glory catches up with actress and author Gabrielle Union to talk about her latest book You Got Anything Stronger? In this episode, they also talk about Gabrielle’s lifelong love of…
Jacqueline Woodson: The Year We Learned to Fly
Glory and Jacqueline Woodson, MacArthur Genius Award winner, talk about her latest children’s book, The Year We Learned to Fly. In this episode, they also discuss Woodson’s writing trajectory, the…
Anita Hill on Believing Women
Glory talks to lawyer and educator Anita Hill about her latest book, Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence. In this episode, they converse about the need to believe…
Min Jin Lee’s Journey of Resistance
Korean-American author and teacher Min Jin Lee and Glory chat about how Lee’s work on and off the page constantly challenges society to change. They also talk about how reading…
Tarana Burke From Activist to Author
Glory chats with activist and author Tarana Burke about her memoir Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement, and using her story as a…
Glory Invites You to the Literary Kickback
Join Glory Edim, host of Well-Read Black Girl with Glory Edim, as she speaks with some of the most impactful and interesting thinkers, makers, and authors of color today.These intimate…
Introducing Well-Read Black Girl with Glory Edim
Writer and founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club Glory Edim is a book lover who brings readers and writers together to celebrate the written word.Expanding on the community…
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Glory Edim
Glory Edim is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl – a Brooklyn-based book club and online community that celebrates the uniqueness of Black literature and sisterhood. In fall 2017, she…
