Glory Edim

Glory Edim, author of “Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me,” has spread her love for words to a half-million Black women. Since beginning Well-Read Black Girl in 2015, Edim has built a space to amplify Black women’s stories. It all started as a Brooklyn-based book club that has developed into a community and digital literary platform with a podcast, newsletter and robust social media presence. In 2017, Edim added an annual festival complete with panels, discussions and celebrations of the stories that are so often not granted the limelight. For the 2024 book fest, she invited authors ranging from Edwidge Danticat to Nikole Hannah-Jones. In addition to her new memoir, Edim published two anthologies, “Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves” and “On Girlhood: 15 Stories From the Well-Read Black Girl Library.” Now she's acquiring books through a new series with Liveright Publishing. “If we continue to make communities that are supportive, and are nurturing, and allow us to create these open spaces where we can center ourselves," Edim once told NPR, "the talent will emerge.”