Awards & Opportunities

Jun. 9, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT

Gary Flowers Show

Rejoice 101.3 FM

Poet, Y.B. Taylor and  Author, Judith Bice

Interview with Host, Gary Flowers. If you missed, the broadcast can be heard using link below. Judith's and my segment of broadcast starts at the top of the second hour.

Enjoy!

Mar. 29, 2023, 6:30-8:30PM EDT

The Book Bar

1311 East Main Street

Richmond, VA 23219

Poetry Reading and Wine Tasting

The UVA Club of Richmond invites all alumni, friends, and families to join us for an evening of poetry reading and wine tasting with

Yolanda (Y.B.) Taylor (CLAS '76).

$15 per ticket to include wine tasting and charcuterie. 

Y.B. Taylor's books of poetry have been featured at the VMFA and other locations around town and will also be available for purchase at the event. Come early to sample wine and mingle before Y.B. shares her work. Following the reading, the poet will be available to answer questions and sign her books.

About the Poet:

Y.B. Taylor writes poetry from the perspective of a Black woman born and raised in Richmond VA, a former capital of the Confederacy. She was born the same year as the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. Y.B. is familiar with segregation though her family desperately tried to shield her from the worst parts of it. Y.B. Taylor’s first introduction to integration, on an ongoing basis, was through education when she entered junior high school and later through employment. Current events, history, and personal experiences have become fodder for her poetry.

The 2023 Black Book Expo ⦿ A Conscious Literary Festival will showcase a vast display of literature featuring topics including black history, social justice, science, health, African Diasporic culture, African spirituality, personal development, novels and children’s books. 
Independent authors will make presentations and sign their books.  Live streaming will occur from the in-person event as well via the Society’s Facebook page.  Books will also be available on the Society’s website.

Y.B. Taylor will present Saturday, February 25, 2023, at 6:30 PM!

Masks and hand sanitizer will be available and encouraged.

The public may follow Elegba Folklore Society on Facebook and Instagram for updates.  They may also contact the Society at 804.644.3900 or story1@efsinc.org.

BROWSE and BUY • DOMINION ENERGY CENTER

600 E. GRACE STREET

RICHMOND VA 23219

February 25, 3p – 7p, and Sunday, February 26, 3p – 7p

Pictured in my gallery of photos is this cap sans moi wearing it. In response to a request for photographs of "quirky" UVA memorabilia, I responded with a photo of my cap.

Fast forward, a few months later, I was contacted about being photographed in the cap for the Summer/Fall 2022 edition of the VIRGINIA magazine. Little did I know I would have an entire page to myself.

For those interested in reading the article, here is the link to the digitized version ...

https://uvamagazine.org/articles/uva_memorabilia?utm_source=august-2022-magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=magazine-newsletter

Look what South Atlantic Region Author will be participating in the

Eastern Region's "Delta Authors on Tour!" 

My membership name is used on the flyer but it is indeed Y.B. Taylor! 

Updates will be provided on my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Y.B.TaylorWrites and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CaLdhHGMmS6/  

The New Haven Alumnae Chapter will be tracking sales; they are asking purchases be made by 11:59 PM,  April 9, using any of the following links.

NHAC: https://nhacdst.org/events/daoter2022/
Eventbrite version: https://bit.ly/daoter2022
Facebook event link: https://fb.me/e/3191MF7wA

"SEE" YOU THERE!

Saturday, April 9, 2022

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

VIRTUAL

Through University of Virginia's RETOLD: Celebrating the Women of UVA, the author secured her place in the archives of UVA. RETOLD might even be considered an extension of the "Share Your Story Exhibit," which celebrated Black sisterhood through the centuries and organized around five themes: 

• “Black UVA Women: Being First”
•  “Charlottesville-Albemarle Women: Groundbreakers on the Homefront”
•  “Artwork & Authors: Black Female Voices and Faces” 
• “Fashions & Livelihoods: The Way They Wore” 
• “Love, Marriage & Family: The Ties that Bind”

Y.B. Taylor, formerly Yolanda Burrell, and her Charter Line sorority sisters of the Kappa Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. were part of the "Share Your Story" exhibit.