Glory Edim

Glory Edim

Founder of Well-Read Black Girl.

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 organized the first-ever Well-Read Black Girl Literary Festival.

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Founder of Well-Read Black Girl.

Glory Edim is an author, activist, and the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a nationwide book club-turned-literacy non-profit that celebrates the life changing power of literature. Well-Read Black Girl’s mission is to use storytelling as a tool for advocacy and collective empowerment. Glory has won numerous awards for her work supporting writers of color, including the 2017 Innovator’s Award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes and the Madam C.J. Walker Award from the Hurston/Wright Foundation. She also serves on the board of Baldwin for the Arts. Her best-selling anthology, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves, was published by Penguin Random House in 2018. She is currently working on a memoir that explores the intimate relationship between reading and self-healing. She resides in Washington D.C. with her son, Zikomo.

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Glory did a fantastic job. Her talk was a great introduction to her story and the story of Well-Read Black Girl movement. It was honest, touching, and inspiring. The Q&A was excellent and folks walked away with great book recommendations. She has a delightful, friendly and welcoming personality and it was a joy to host her.

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It’s was an absolutely amazing experience...authentic and educational. Many did not want the conversation to end.

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Glory was Absolutely WONDERFUL

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Our crowd LOVED her! She was a fantastic speaker and this was hands down one of the most engaging events we’ve ever held for a heritage month. Glory was so kind, compassionate, authentic, and BRILLIANT. She took questions from the audience and we couldn’t keep up with how many were pouring in for her. She reacted in real time to the needs of the audience and handled the entire event with grace. Lots of incredible feedback and our best attended event EVER with more than 1,500 folks tuning in live with another ~1,000 registered to receive the recording after. Please pass our gratitude on to Glory!

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