Ashley C. Ford is a writer, podcaster and educator who deals with topics including race, sexuality and body image. This June, Ashley released her debut memoir called Somebody’s Daughter, where she ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ashley C. Ford about her new memoir, Somebody's Daughter. It's about her childhood and relationship with her father, who served time in prison during most of her life.

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Ashley C. Ford is a force in the media world. She’s profiled everyone from Missy Elliot to Billy Porter and Stacey Abrams for outlets such as Marie Claire, Elle, and New York Magazine. Her podcast ...

Mar. 29—NEW ALBANY — Cultural group Indiana Humanities wants to encourage Hoosiers to think, read and talk. That's why it's bringing best-selling author and Indiana native Ashley C. Ford to speak at ...

In the lush world of contemporary memoir, the old trappings of the genre have, thankfully, been obliterated. Writers are proving that the art lies not in how public, salacious or renowned one is, but ...

In this special episode from our friends at the Code Switch podcast, we feature author Ashley C. Ford. For much of her childhood, Ford's father was incarcerated, and her mother struggled to raise her ...

Ashley C. Ford's new memoir opens with a letter from her father who was in prison for rape. The letter is warm and moving. We've asked Ashley Ford to read a few lines. ASHLEY FORD: (Reading) You are ...

One in 12 American children — more than 5.7 million kids — have experienced parental incarceration at some point during their lives. Black Americans are 50 percent more likely than white Americans to ...

In “Sonny’s Blues,” James Baldwin tells readers there is no way not to suffer; the goal, Baldwin says, is not to drown in suffering. Recently, Hanif Abdurraqib dropped off a collection of essays ...