Gloria Wade-Gayles (1937–2026)

Author of My Soul Is a Witness: African-American Women's Spirituality

About the Author

Gloria Wade Gayles holds the Eminent Scholar's Endowed Chair at Spelman College and is a CASE Professor of Teaching Excellence for the state of Georgia. She is author of numerous books, including Pushed Back to Strength: A Black Woman's Journey Home and Rooted Against the Wind: Personal Essays, and show more editor of My Soul Is a Witness: African-American Women's Spirituality and Father Songs: Testimonies by African-American Sons and Daughters. She lives in Atlanta show less

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Works by Gloria Wade-Gayles

Pushed Back to Strength: A Black Woman's Journey Home (1993) 66 copies, 1 review

Rooted Against the Wind: Personal Essays (1996) 24 copies

Father Songs: Testimonies by African-American Sons and Daughters (1997) — Editor — 22 copies

No Crystal Stair: Visions of Race and Sex in Black Women's Fiction (1984) 19 copies

Conversations With Gwendolyn Brooks (2003) — Editor — 9 copies

Anointed to Fly (1991) 6 copies

In Praise of Our Teachers: A Muliticultural Tribute to Those Who Inspired Us (2003) — Editor — 6 copies

Their Memories, Our Treasure, Volumes 3-4: Conversations with African American Women of Wisdom (2006) 3 copies

Their Memories, Our Treasure, Volumes 1-2: Conversations with African American Women of Wisdom (2004) 2 copies

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Associated Works

In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 108 copies

Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters (1991) — Contributor — 101 copies

Tenderheaded: A Comb-Bending Collection of Hair Stories (2001) — Contributor — 98 copies, 2 reviews

Written by Herself, Volume II: Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia, and the United States (1996) — Contributor — 95 copies, 1 review

Honey, Hush! An Anthology of African American Women's Humor (1997) — Contributor — 88 copies

I Hear a Symphony: African Americans Celebrate Love (1994) — Contributor — 35 copies

Go Girl! The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure (1997) — Contributor — 26 copies

Amalia Amaki: Boxes, Buttons, and the Blues (2005) — Contributor — 14 copies

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Canonical name: Wade-Gayles, Gloria
Birthdate: 1937-07-01
Date of death: 2026-01-27
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Pushed Back to Strength: A Black Woman's Journey Home by Gloria Wade-Gayles

generally good. a few parts were stupid--the haircut and the playing with kids. they came near the end. was she running out of material? i would have liked to hear more about her marriages and kids but she seemed most interested in her mother.

Jan 24, 2014