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.”
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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
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