Author Yaa Gyasi Says Writing Can Be ‘An Act Of Love And Justice’

Yaa Gyasi

Gyasi’s debut novel, Homegoing, won a PEN/Hemingway Award. Her follow-up, Transcendent Kingdom, draws on Gyasi’s life as the daughter of immigrants from Ghana.

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Gyasi’s debut novel, Homegoing, won a PEN/Hemingway Award. Her follow-up, Transcendent Kingdom, draws on Gyasi’s life as the daughter of immigrants from Ghana.