PRAISE FOR A Little Bit of Paradise
"...Her spin on this genre is fresh and personal. It's certainly worth a read!" - Stephen McKinley Henderson, award-winning actor, director

"...skillfully addresses...a delicate balance between defining and re-defining what Black folks name and claim as family." 
-Greg Tate, cultural critic

"...who you are, who you think you are...what you look like are addressed...things get downright ugly before they get nominally better." - Jana Eisenberg, Buffalo News

"...Be prepared for all of the unlikely coincidences and terrifying reversals that melodrama requires. It gets intense."
-Anthony Chase, ArtVoice

"...Plays such as hers are rare, and her direct treatment of difficult subject, pride, racism, faith, abortion, keeping secrets - is breathtaking..." - Melissa Kate, Buffalo Arts writer

Street Pharmacist and other poetic tales...

"Street Pharmacist  ... packs a punch ... Each poem is a story ... challenging the reader to confront everyday social injustice."
​- Christine Green, Democrat & Chronicle

"Street Pharmacist is an ode to young minds of the village, a tribute that doesn't disappoint. 
​-Leah V. Bennett, journalist, journalist, filmmaker

“Annette is one of the most passionate and talented artists and poets that I've had the pleasure of knowing.”
​- Sama Waham, filmmaker

Educator Professional Development Visual Poetry & Poetry-Performance Workshops

"I am so glad I came to your workshop! I learned so many things I can use in my classroom!"
​4th grade teacher , BPS #61

Hush now, poems to read aloud

 Hush now displays the author's extraordinary skill as storyteller ... Daniels Taylor has an instinct for the jugular ... " 
- Kathleen Betsko Yale, playwright/screenwriter/author

"Daniels Taylor’s writing is succinct and vivid with the use of colloquialisms to convey the thoughts of her narrators." - Matt Krueger, The Daily News

   "... her reading of the poem "Dreaming", with it's cadence of phrases that repeat the word "drums" simply took my breath away!" - Manya Fabiniak, author, visual artist​ 

​"Annette Daniels Taylor's powerful reading ... The singing, the stories--the poems, wrought & melodic." 
​- Shayna S. Israel, ​Poet, Managing editor Plurality Press