Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama Caribbean & Latin America clarify motherhood while also cherishing

clarify motherhood while also cherishing the mysteries of the body

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

Drawing on extensive interviews with abolitionist crews all over North America

but they shape who we are

Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama Caribbean & Latin America clarify motherhood while also cherishingFrom a New Yorker staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America. "In Alabama, we exist at the border of blessing and disaster." Alexis Okeowo grew up in Montgomery the former seat of the Confederacy as the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her family's story with Alabama's, defying stereotypes about her endlessly complex, often pigeonholed