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Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama Biography & Autobiography Memoirs African American & Black Social Science Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Studies This is a history thatFrom 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 Montgomerythe former seat of the Confederacyas the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Here, she weaves her familys story with Alabamas, defying stereotypes about her endlessly complex, often pigeonholed home