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  • Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama

    Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama - Hardcover

    Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama - Hardcover

    By Alexis Okeowo

About Alexis Okeowo

Alexis Okeowo has reported on conflict, human rights, and culture across Africa, Mexico, Europe, and the American South for the New Yorker and other publications. Okeowo is the author of A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa, which received the 2018 PEN Open Book Award. Her work has also been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing and The Best American Travel Writing. Okeowo was named journalist of the year by the Newswomen's Club of New York in 2020 and received the Reed Environmental Writing Award in 2022.