Gyasi's debut novel, Homegoing, won a PEN/Hemingway Award. Her follow-up, Transcendent Kingdom, draws on Gyasi's life as the daughter of... Author Yaa Gyasi Says Writing Can Be 'An Act Of Love And ...

Yaa Gyasi is having the kind of year every first-time novelist dreams about. The Ghanaian-born, American-raised writer’s debut novel, Homegoing, has been lauded by critics ranging from those writing ...

When the author Yaa Gyasi first visited Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle, she was only dimly aware of its history. Like most of her Ghanaian relatives, she knew it was a relic from the country’s past as a ...

A stunning debut novel by Yaa Gyasi spans the history of Ghana from the 18th century to the present. Fiction by Antonia Hayes, Martha Conway and Mary Volmer; nonfiction works by Wes “Scoop” Nisker and ...

Critically acclaimed author and national bestseller Yaa Gyasi will be at Traverse City’s National Writers Series on Wednesday, September 23, beginning at 7 p.m., to discuss her stunning second novel, ...

If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. At 28, Gifty, the narrator of Yaa Gyasi’s revelatory new novel, ...

Yaa Gyasi’s second novel, Transcendent Kingdom, explores themes of belief, loss, doubt, love, and mice. The protagonist, Gifty, comes from a Ghanaian family living in Alabama that has been cut in half ...

In a dungeon under a fortress on the coast of Ghana, in the spot where captured Africans had once been shackled until they could be shipped to America and sold — that was where Yaa Gyasi began to plan ...

Yaa Gyasi’s 2016 debut, "Homegoing," was a critical and commercial success. Her second novel, "Transcendent Kingdom," is about a woman born in the U.S. to Ghanaian immigrants. Peter Hurley / Vilcek ...

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Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi should be getting used to literary honors by now. She has earned a slew of awards for her novel “Homegoing” (Vintage, $16), about two sisters in 18th century Ghana — ...