![]() ![]() Transcendent Kingdom is completely different in tone and scope: It’s an introspective story of a woman, Gifty, who’s the daughter of Ghanain immigrants, who grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, and who studies at Stanford. And insisting on the exact conditions that allow your creativity to flourish.Īs Yaa takes us on the journey of writing Transcendent Kingdom, you’ll hear her make creative choices that defy conventional wisdom – from how she gets started, to when she lets others in on her work, to how she decides when to give up.Īnd here’s what you need to know about Yaa Gyasi: Her first novel, Homegoing, was a genre-defining work set in two continents, spanning eight generations and 300 years. But it’s also a universal story of finding the courage and conviction to make a creative leap. It’s a specific story about a writer approaching her second book. ![]() June Cohen: That’s Yaa Gyasi, and she’s about to tell us the story of writing her second novel, Transcendent Kingdom, after her first novel, Homegoing, was a beloved, best-selling hit. I was worried that the difference between these two books would lead people to not have that same feeling. Homegoing was so beloved by so many people, I knew that this book was going to be really different from Homegoing in a lot of ways. Yaa Gyasi: There was some time after Homegoing, where I wasn’t really writing where I was wondering if it was even possible to start something again, that would take years of my life. ![]()
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