The recipient of the 2017 L.A. Times Innovator's Award for her book club-turned-festival gathers an all-star cast of contributors—among them Lynn Nottage, Jesmyn Ward, and Gabourey Sidibe—to pay tribute to literature by, for, and about black women. "Storytelling," Edim says, "is an extension of our sisterhood."
— Michelle Hart

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