Politics and Prose
@politicsprose·255K subscribers·4K videos
P&P Live! Ashley Woodfolk - Opening My Eyes Underwater - with Dhonielle Clayton
Posted
September 29, 2022
Views
503
Likes
14
Engagement
2.78%
September 29, 2022
503
14
2.78%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
56:59Now PlayingClick here to purchase
Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama reveals stories of Ashley Woodfolk’s own life – tales of bullying, heartbreak, racism, and growing confidence. Woodfolk then discusses how those experiences parallel with those of Michelle Obama. These essays have become the glue that made Woodfolk who she has become as an adult. Ashley will be in conversation with fellow author and frequent collaborator, Dhonielle Clayton.
Ashley Woodfolk is the author of Nothing Burns as Bright as You, The Beauty That Remains, When You Were Everything, and the Flyy Girls series. She also contributed a short story in the anthology Blackout and the forthcoming Whiteout. Ashley graduated from Rutgers University and worked in children’s book publishing for over a decade. Now a full-time mom and writer, Ashley lives in a sunny Brooklyn apartment with her cute husband, her cuter dog, and the cutest baby in the world.
Dhonielle Clayton is the bestselling author of several novels including The Belles series, Shattered Midnight, and most recently, The Marvellers. She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side. She taught secondary school for several years, and is a former elementary and middle school librarian. She is COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, and President of Cake Creative, an IP story kitchen dedicated to diverse books for all ages.
Be Sure To Click SUBSCRIBE
Visit us online at
Follow us on Twitter
Follow us on instagram
Like us on Facebook
Follow Us On TikTok
Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter:
Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics and Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics and Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
