Goldie Taylor, THE LOVE YOU SAVE: A Memoir

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 19 February 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Zibby interviews acclaimed journalist and human rights activist Goldie Taylor about her harrowing and profoundly moving new memoir The Love You Save, in which she shares the unimaginable cruelties she faced as a child and the books that ultimately saved her. Goldie shares some of those heartbreaking, traumatic moments, admitting they were painful to revisit but gave her immense compassion for her younger self. Goldie also talks about finding solace and hope in books, overcoming her shame, and ultimately creating a life she is proud of. Finally, she talks about her wonderful children and what it was like to share her story with them.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
0:21.9	Our books are already out now.
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0:25.6	And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle
0:31.2	features.
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0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop
0:40.3	at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to
0:47.0	enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in
0:53.3	2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is basically
0:56.5	my favorite thing. Enjoy it. Goldie Taylor is the author of The Love You Save, a memoir.
1:07.0	Goldie is a veteran journalist, cable news political analyst, and human rights activist who has covered national politics and social justice issues for over 30 years. She has been featured on nearly every news network and talk show. And she has written for Salon, Ebony, the Griot, the Huffington Post, the Atlantic Journal Constitution, the St. Louis Post dispatch, and most recently, as editor at large for The Daily Beast.
1:29.2	Welcome, Goldie. Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss the love you save.
1:34.6	The memoir.
1:35.2	Thank you so much, Zivi, for having me. This is terrific.
1:38.3	Oh, well, it's such an honor to talk to you. And, oh, my gosh, your memoir was just so open and raw and vulnerable. And oh my gosh,
1:47.2	it was beautiful, really beautiful. Thank you. Thank you for that. It's been quite a road,
1:52.4	as you can imagine, writing a memoir such as this. And then working through present day issues
1:57.8	with family. Yeah. And so it has been a little murky to navigate emotionally.
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