GLORIA TAYLOR EDWARDS, D.C.J. 
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VOICES FROM THE DRUM (VFTD) Radio Book Club
on WCLM 1450/AM Radio!
Join Gloria on the VOICES FROM THE DRUM (VFTD) Radio Book Club at 6pm Eastern Time (ET), for some stimulating dialogue with, and about, some of today's (and yesterday's) most provocative authors and their works. TOLL-FREE CALL IN DURING BROADCASTS: 1-800-806-6723! 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS TO TUNE IN EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM FROM 6 - 7PM EASTERN TIME ON http://www.wclmradioonline.com/ 

For a roster of authors who have graciously shared their works and their love of the 'craft' with the VFTD Radio Book Club, click either of the 'Archived VFTD Shows' tab on this site.

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Gloria is a member of Simon & Schuster's Book Reader Advisory Board, and she reviews S & S books under the pen name, 'ScribeLady'. Some of her reviews are occasionally posted on this page.

Click on the audio link(s) below to listen to Gloria's featured 'Author / Artist of the Week'.

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FROM THE 'ARCHIVES': 

this week's featured interview is excerpted from Gloria's November 14, 2007 interview with MICHELLE McGRIFF, author of 'NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE', 'COLORED SUMMER', and other titles.  For an audio of the complete interview, email Gloria at gloriaonwclm@aol.com. For the latest on MICHELLE McGRIFF, visit her website:  http://www.michellemcgriff.com/

Gloria's 11-14-2007 interview with author, MICHELLE McGRIFF. Windows Media Player Required

THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH:
In Search of a Lost African Childhood
By HELENE COOPER
Reviewed by: Gloria Taylor Edwards
  
THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH: In Search of a Lost African Childhood, penned by HELENE COOPER, is a vivid memoir of Cooper’s life among the Liberian elite before and after the devastating coup that left Liberia war-torn, and many of its residents dead or scattered to other lands. Cooper’s work is an important slice of ‘world’ history, and should encourage some much-needed dialogue on American Black ‘freemen’, the founders of Liberia, and the survival / lives of their descendants. This book is an engaging, highly-recommended read.   
Watch the Stories-Behind-the-Story. This month's featured story-behind-the-story is a video clip of journalist, HELENE COOPER, discussing her memoir 'THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH: In Search of a Lost African Childhood', presented by Simon & Schuster. 
Click below to watch a mini-promo on Gloria's newest release, 'Book III, the Psychic Detective: STRANGE FLESH & THE CIRCLE OF CHAMESH'. For order information and an in-depth, book trailer, visit 'Gloria's Books' page on this site.
 

Another excellent read:

NINETEEN MINUTES
 By JODI PICOULT
About:
In ""...In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five....In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it. In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge..."

PUSH

 By SAPPHIRE
Now the Major Motion PicturePRECIOUS
Book Review by: Gloria Taylor Edwards

 

Warning: from the beginning, despite her crude manners and foul-mouth, and before we get the full picture of her familial struggles, protagonist Claireece Precious Jones, captures and holds the reader’s heart and head throughout this entire story. So it’s not surprising that Claireece Precious Jones is one of the most cogently-developed characters this reviewer has ever come upon in the many novels read and reviewed on this platform.  At times, it was difficult to read this novel without feeling startled over the gritty reality of what life must be like for someone like Precious Jones. However, it’s the act of motherhood that leads this illiterate, physically-sexually-emotionally abused single mother to push for something better – a powerful reality-message to others caught up in life-situations that are similar to Precious Jones. Overall, PUSH carries a potent message of hope, self-discovery, and most of all, redemptive liberation. Author, Sapphire, is a noted ‘performance poet’, and it comes across in her inimitable style of perceptive, sometimes elegiac, form of storytelling. PUSH is an unforgettable story, worthy of adaptation to screen, and this reviewer can’t wait to see the movie! On a Reviewer’s Scale of 1 through 10 – with one being a devastatingly-bad-read and ten being an awesomely-wonderful-read – PUSH scores a 10.5

Reviewed: 11/3/2009


In the mood for some 'positive' Hip-Hop Music from a 'positive' lyricist? Then check out VFTD Radio Book Club guest,
MATTHEW SMITH a.k.a. FUNDAMENTAL

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