From an exhilarating new voice in fiction comes a compelling and provocative page-turner about three Black women—a young refugee, a powerhouse marketing executive, and a former model—who are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential man in Stockholm, Sweden. In Every Mirror She’s Black (Sourcebooks Landmark)is a richly nuanced yet accessible contemporary novel that tackles issues of racism, classism, fetishization, tokenization, and more—and it examines, with chilling precision, what it means to be a Black woman navigating a white-dominated society. Attendees will find out why Deesha Philyaw, the award-winning author of The Secret Life of Church Ladies, calls it“beautifully complex and deftly drawn… a sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood,” because at this special event, Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström will be in conversation with Deesha Philyaw herself.

Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström | A Twin Cities Book Festival Event