Special Re-Release: Glory Edim, WELL-READ BLACK GIRL

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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To amplify voices of color, I'm re-releasing my episode with Glory Edim which we recorded in person earlier this year. Glory 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. She originally started this platform on social media as a way to discuss black women writers, non-binary writers and writers of color and to create conversations about what it means to be a black woman in the world. As her platform grew, Glory organized the first-ever Well-Read Black Girl literary festival and became the editor of the anthology Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Stories, Discovering Ourselves. She is a role model of mine and what she shares about the importance of bringing black authors to all readers, her love of independent booksellers, and the value of direct contact and discussion is important.

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0:00.0	Today, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the current situation in the country
0:07.2	today and the hashtag Blackout Tuesday on social media, I wanted to raise awareness for more
0:14.4	black voices and hashtag amplify black voices myself.
0:20.7	And my tools are somewhat limited.
0:23.0	I know this is not something I can understand as a woman who is white,
0:28.7	but I do want to use my platform to lift up the voices of others,
0:33.1	including some of the authors who I've already had on,
0:37.1	whose voices I think deserve to be heard
0:39.2	again around now. So I'm re-releasing my episode with Glory Edom, who's the founder of well-read
0:44.4	Black Girl, which is a Brooklyn-based book club and online community that celebrates the uniqueness
0:48.8	of black literature and sisterhood. She and I spoke in my apartment. Oh my gosh, when was this? I don't know, maybe
0:55.5	five months ago or so. And we just had the best time because she established this whole book
1:01.3	community and I'm trying to establish this whole book community. And I really look up to her as a
1:06.1	mentor for how she's expanded and created enthusiasm for books and all the rest.
1:12.4	And while, of course, we have so many differences, there's so many similarities in our
1:17.2	love of literature.
1:18.8	And I just thought I would highlight our conversation and amplify her voice in the current
1:26.9	times that we're in. And I really hope you appreciate it and
1:30.6	enjoy it. And yeah, that's it. I hope it helps. I'm trying to do whatever I can to really help
1:37.2	this movement. And anyway, enjoy the episode.
1:53.5	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
1:55.4	Moms don't have time to read books.
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