Natalie Obando, president of the Women’s National Book Association, talks about the organization’s Authentic Voices program, which introduces women writers to publishing through four weeks of writing, editing, marketing, and publication. She also covers the resources writers need to do share their stories as published works, and the affirmation women of color need to believe that their stories matter and deserve to be shared more broadly. Visit www.wnba-book.org.

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