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b'Ashley C. Ford is a writer and podcast host. Her memoir, Somebody\'s Daughter, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books.\\n\\n\\u201cFor the first time I felt like I had so many more choices in my life than I originally thought I had. That was my first realization that I did not just have to react to the world, that I could be intentional in the world, and just curious about what came back to me.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to Mailchimp and Pitt Writers for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n@iSmashFizzle\\n\\n\\nashleycford.net\\n\\n\\nFortune Favors the Bold\\n\\n\\n[5:00] "Roger Loves Chaz" (Roger Ebert \\u2022 Sep 2012)\\n\\n\\n[11:34] The Giver (Lois Lowry \\u2022 Houghton Mifflin \\u2022 1993)\\n\\n\\n[17:47] Ford\'s commencement speech at Ball State\\n\\n\\n[26:09] Ford\'s archive at Buzzfeed\\n\\n\\n[41:00] "Ashley C. Ford\\u2019s Debut Memoir \\u2018Somebody\\u2019s Daughter\\u2019 Finds Home at Flatiron" (Paperback Paris \\u2022 2018)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'