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
Hush now, poems to read aloudHush nowdisplays 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