Digital Doggie Bag: Yaa Gyasi

The buzz Yaa Gyasi has received for her new novel Transcendent Kingdom has been phenomenal, from mainstream media to such high profile book clubs as Jenna Bush Hager (Today Show) and Gretchen Rubin (The Happiness Project). Oprah Winfrey recommended Transcendent Kingdom in her magazine, and Library Journal reports it was one of the most popular selections for September book clubs. In the midst of a pandemic, Gyasi's tender and insightful intergenerational story of a Ghanaian family in Alabama has readers talking. Enjoy this collection of quotes, references, and recommendations from Joelle Tomlinson's recent Wordfest conversation with Yaa Gyasi.