Yaa Gyasi, " Transcendent Kingdom" (with Brit Bennett)

Yaa Gyasi is the author of the highly acclaimed debut novel Homegoing and a recipient of the National Book Foundation's 2016 "5 Under 35" Award. Gyasi's brilliant and relevant novel moves through histories and geographies and captures—with outstanding economy and force—the troubled spirit of our own nation. An illuminating speaker, Gyasi captivates audiences with her sincerity and compassion. Purchase Book Here: https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9... Gyasi is in conversation with Brit Bennett, a graduate of Stanford University, who later earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan, where she won a Hopwood Award in Graduate Short Fiction as well as the 2014 Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 awardee, and her debut novel The Mothers was a New York Times bestseller. Her second novel The Vanishing Half was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. ----------------------------------------------------Be Sure To Click SUBSCRIBE-------------------------------------------------------------- Visit us online at: http://www.politics-prose.com/ Follow us on Twitter:   / politicsprose   Follow us on instagram:   / politicsprose   Like us on Facebook:   / politicsandprose   Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics and Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics and Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Produced by Tom Warren