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Stories Tell What Can't be Told: My Story is a collection of stories in the life journey of E.
Reid Gilbert, after finishing high school, leaving home and matriculating
in several colleges, where he earned five academic degrees,
ranging from English and Sociology to Theology and Asian
Theatre.
These stories are recollections of events and people from
Gilbert's careers in the Methodist and Unitarian ministries, performance
and instruction of Mime, College and University teaching,
and acting, directing and producing theatre.
A memoir of a spirited and creative life!
About the author
1930 - 2022E. Reid Gilbert has led a creative and self-actualized life for over eighty years. Having grown up in the Virginia Mountains, he has expressed himself through a myriad of life transformations as a Methodist and Unitarian minister, an Appalachian storyteller, a Mime and scholar of English, Sociology and Asian Theatre. A produced playwright and writer, he has written several books since retiring from the above-mentioned professions. His several books include Trickster Jack, inspired by Sri Thananchai, the traditional prankster of Thailand, Shall We Gather at the River, set in the Virginia Mountains an What Matters, a collection of 114 poems, ranging from Limerick to spiritual to love poems.
