Michelle Obama.Photo:Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via GettyMichelle Obamatook home her secondGrammy Awardon Sunday, beating out tough competition in the storytelling category.The former first lady, 60, won the award for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording at this year’s pre-telecast ceremony for doing the voiceover on her latest book,The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.The category also included Sen.Bernie Sanders(for his audio bookIt’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism),Meryl Streep(for narrating Brian Selznick’sBig Tree), William Shatner (forBoldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder), and record producer Rick Rubin (forThe Creative Act: A Way of Being).Michelle ObamaThe Light We Carry, published in November 2022, is a collection of Obama’s experiences as a political figure, a mother, a spouse and a woman in the world. In telling stories that offer“insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power,”Obama’s work for her third book has earned her a spot on theNew York Times’ Bestseller list andnabbed her an Emmy nominationthrough a Netflix special withOprah.Half a memoir and half a self-help book, Obama’s nonfiction project arose from the world’s ongoing political unrest and uncertainty in face of the COVID-19 pandemic.In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE before the book’s release, she shared her coping mechanisms and lessons gleaned from reflecting on her life during the anxious years of 2020-2021.“These are the things I say to myself when I need to pick myself up,” she told PEOPLE. “This is how I stay visible in a world that doesn’t necessarily see a tall Black woman. This is how I stay armored up when I’m attacked. The book is that offering.Barack and Michelle Obama at the 2023 US Open in New York City.Jean Catuffe/GC ImagesObama previously won a Grammy in 2020 for the audiobook of her first memoir,Becoming. Although she wasn’t present to accept the award, presenter Esperanza Spalding said she would “gladly accept on her behalf.”With her win forThe Light We Carry, she ties her Grammy count with husband and former PresidentBarack Obama, who also has two awards in the spoken word category.The 66th Grammy Awards aired live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
Michelle Obama.Photo:Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty
Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty
Michelle Obamatook home her secondGrammy Awardon Sunday, beating out tough competition in the storytelling category.The former first lady, 60, won the award for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording at this year’s pre-telecast ceremony for doing the voiceover on her latest book,The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.The category also included Sen.Bernie Sanders(for his audio bookIt’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism),Meryl Streep(for narrating Brian Selznick’sBig Tree), William Shatner (forBoldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder), and record producer Rick Rubin (forThe Creative Act: A Way of Being).Michelle ObamaThe Light We Carry, published in November 2022, is a collection of Obama’s experiences as a political figure, a mother, a spouse and a woman in the world. In telling stories that offer“insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power,”Obama’s work for her third book has earned her a spot on theNew York Times’ Bestseller list andnabbed her an Emmy nominationthrough a Netflix special withOprah.Half a memoir and half a self-help book, Obama’s nonfiction project arose from the world’s ongoing political unrest and uncertainty in face of the COVID-19 pandemic.In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE before the book’s release, she shared her coping mechanisms and lessons gleaned from reflecting on her life during the anxious years of 2020-2021.“These are the things I say to myself when I need to pick myself up,” she told PEOPLE. “This is how I stay visible in a world that doesn’t necessarily see a tall Black woman. This is how I stay armored up when I’m attacked. The book is that offering.Barack and Michelle Obama at the 2023 US Open in New York City.Jean Catuffe/GC ImagesObama previously won a Grammy in 2020 for the audiobook of her first memoir,Becoming. Although she wasn’t present to accept the award, presenter Esperanza Spalding said she would “gladly accept on her behalf.”With her win forThe Light We Carry, she ties her Grammy count with husband and former PresidentBarack Obama, who also has two awards in the spoken word category.The 66th Grammy Awards aired live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
Michelle Obamatook home her secondGrammy Awardon Sunday, beating out tough competition in the storytelling category.
The former first lady, 60, won the award for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording at this year’s pre-telecast ceremony for doing the voiceover on her latest book,The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times.
The category also included Sen.Bernie Sanders(for his audio bookIt’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism),Meryl Streep(for narrating Brian Selznick’sBig Tree), William Shatner (forBoldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder), and record producer Rick Rubin (forThe Creative Act: A Way of Being).
Michelle Obama
The Light We Carry, published in November 2022, is a collection of Obama’s experiences as a political figure, a mother, a spouse and a woman in the world. In telling stories that offer“insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power,”Obama’s work for her third book has earned her a spot on theNew York Times’ Bestseller list andnabbed her an Emmy nominationthrough a Netflix special withOprah.
Half a memoir and half a self-help book, Obama’s nonfiction project arose from the world’s ongoing political unrest and uncertainty in face of the COVID-19 pandemic.In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE before the book’s release, she shared her coping mechanisms and lessons gleaned from reflecting on her life during the anxious years of 2020-2021.
“These are the things I say to myself when I need to pick myself up,” she told PEOPLE. “This is how I stay visible in a world that doesn’t necessarily see a tall Black woman. This is how I stay armored up when I’m attacked. The book is that offering.
Barack and Michelle Obama at the 2023 US Open in New York City.Jean Catuffe/GC Images
Jean Catuffe/GC Images
Obama previously won a Grammy in 2020 for the audiobook of her first memoir,Becoming. Although she wasn’t present to accept the award, presenter Esperanza Spalding said she would “gladly accept on her behalf.”
With her win forThe Light We Carry, she ties her Grammy count with husband and former PresidentBarack Obama, who also has two awards in the spoken word category.
The 66th Grammy Awards aired live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
source: people.com
