Works Cited:Edim, G. (2024). Gather me: A memoir in praise of the books that saved me. Ballantine.Our Story. (2025). Meet Glory. https://gloryedim.com/our-story

Meet The Author

Born in Virginia to Nigerian immigrant parents, Glory Edim found her local library to be a source of wonder and solace - a safe place from which to expand her view of the world through reading.

"At the worst points in my life, the most isolated and difficult times, when I was sad, when I was confused, or frozen, or drifting, or desperate, I reached for a book.

When I was joyful, successful, well nourished, and content, I reached for a book.”

Glory Edim, Prologue to Gather Me, 2024, p. xi

She is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a "digital literacy platform that celebrates the uniqueness of Black literature and sisterhood" (Our Story).

Bookstore Interview

Radio Interview

'Gather Me,' Glory Edim's memoir, tells the story of how she found her own identityNPR's Michel Martin speaks with Glory Edim, who is the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club, about her new memoir, and the books that shaped her life.

The Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

https://www.wellreadblackgirl.org/about

Discussion Ideas

A Discussion Guide

Select passages or quotes from the books Glory mentions in her memoir as conversation springboards.

Classroom Activities

Personal Identity Wheel

Social Identity Wheel

The Spectrum of Identity

Try this Dominant Narratives exercise to think about the stories we hear, who writes them and why they are written

Team Building Ideas

Listen to a podcast and discuss with your team

Bridging to Belonging Podcast series

Create Belonging list of podcast episodes

Flipping Failure is MIT's campus-wide initiative to help students build resilience by hearing how their peers overcame challenges. What might this look like at Aims? (check out our JED campus)

Watch this video and discuss the studies and practical insights presented.