Blessings and Disasters by Alexis Okeowo

Blessings and Disasters

Written byAlexis Okeowo
Length7h25m
Release dateAugust 5, 2025
Languageenglish
★★★★ 4.2 (3 ratings)

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AuthorAlexis Okeowo
NarratorAlexis Okeowo, Ariel Blake
Runtime7h25m
PublishedAugust 5, 2025
Rating★★★★ 4.2 / 5 (3 ratings)
CategoriesBiographies & Memoirs, Cultural & Regional, History, Americas, United States, State & Local, Politics & Social Sciences, Sociology
FormatAudiobook (Digital)
PlatformAudible

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From 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...

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