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Throughout her adolescence, Ashley Ford doesn't know how to deal with the worries that keep her up at night. If only she could turn to her father for his advice and support. But he's in prison, and she doesn't know what he did to end up there. After being raped by her ex-boyfriend, Ashley desperately searches for her sense of self. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father's incarceration...and Ashley's world is turned upside down.

Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: he’s in prison, and she doesn’t know what he did to end up there. She doesn’t know how to deal with the incessant worries that keep her up at night, or how to handle the changes in her body that draw unwanted attention from men. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley begins dating a boy her mother hates.

Over the course of four years, the traveling love rally called Together Live brought together diverse storytellers for epic evenings of laughter, music, and hard-won wisdom to huge audiences across the country. Well-known womxn (and the occasional man) from all walks of life shared their most vulnerable truths in a radical act of love, paving the way for healing in the face of adversity.

[Contains explicit content] Ashley sits down with Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, whose debut memoir is Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age. Amani talks Islamophobia, Bad Girls Club and the impact of her website, Muslim Girl, a platform for young Muslim women to make their voices heard in the media.

Ashley sits down with Jade Chang, whose debut novel is The Wangs vs. the World. Chang discusses the process of writing a non-traditional immigrant story, and reads an excerpt from her unpublished first novel that is sure to thrill fans of the musical Hamilton.

Ashley Ford sits down with author James Hannaham, whose books God Says No and Delicious Foods deal with the topics of modern day slavery, sexuality, race, and religion. Hannaham shares his passion for social justice beyond the page, from college days spent at anti-apartheid protests to the fight for LGBTQ rights.

Ashley sits down with Stephanie Danler, whose debut novel Sweetbitter chronicles a young woman’s coming of age while working in a New York City restaurant. Danler reflects on her own time in the food industry, the challenges of writing sex scenes, and the stories we can find in cookbooks.

Ashley Ford sits down with Adelle Waldman, author of New York Times best seller The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. They talk about struggling with picking up the pen after great literary success, and Adelle shares a rejection letter she received for her very first novel--a book that exists only in her drawer.

Ashley Ford sits down with Yaa Gyasi to discuss the release of her first book, Homegoing, a novel tracing the lineage of two Ghanian sisters from colonial to modern times. Gyasi, who immigrated from Ghana, speaks to her own experience of feeling trapped between two identities, somewhere in between Ghanian and African American.

Ashley sits down with author and Guardian columnist Jessica Valenti, whose newest book is Sex Object: A Memoir. Valenti talks motherhood, the memoir genre, and what it means to be a feminist in the real world and online.

Ashley Ford sits down with Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, who published her first novel, New York Times best seller The Nest, when she was 55. They talk through the pros and cons of a later literary debut, and Sweeney dissects the process of writing about -- and in spite of -- newfound wealth.

Janet Mock is the author of Redefining Realness - My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More. Mock shares the lessons from her first years: how a Black, trans woman has to over-achieve to be seen, and why she will never regret shedding her anonymity and sharing her story of transition.

Ashley Ford sits down with author Tayari Jones, who is in the midst of finishing up her novel about a Black man who's been wrongfully convicted of a crime. Ashley and Tayari discuss the pressure Black writers experience to write about tough subjects such as racism, mass incarceration and hardship. Tayari Jones brings with her the first story she ever wrote, at the tender age of 15.

Writer Ashley Ford wants to know about authors' firsts. First love. First draft. First rejection. Join Ashley as she gets authors like Zadie Smith, Jessica Valenti, Janet Mock and others to open up for an intimate conversation about writing, books, art, life, and love.

When you add Authorized: Firsts to your library you will receive all 11 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 20 minutes.