Yaa Gyasi is a poster child for literary kismet. The author wrote her (award-winning, best-selling) first novel, Homegoing — an epic generational tale about the systemic effects of slavery — over ...

This is both a telling and a tricky moment: Mrs. Pinkston’s explanation of how white Americans flatten all black bodies into a single category arrives in the novel’s penultimate section; by this point ...

Naomi Campbell in the 2024 Pirelli Calendar. Photograph by Prince Gyasi for the Pirelli Calendar. Gyasi, who hails from Ghana, brings a distinct visual voice to his work: vibrant colors provide ...

Paint, or pixels? That’s the question that Prince Gyasi wants you to ask when you see his work. “You should be confused whether it’s a painting or a photograph,” he said. “If you’re not confused, it ...

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 ...

Told in two parts, Yaa Gyasi’s impressive debut novel opens in 18th-century Ghana and travels between the lineages of two half-sisters, Effia and Esi. The 26-year-old Gyasi — who was born in Ghana but ...

Tickets: Wheeler Opera House box office; http://www.aspenshowtix.com Yaa Gyasi’s “Homegoing” is an epic novel that spans eight generations of two families ...

Yaa Gyasi’s second novel, Transcendent Kingdom, presses hard against your chest, a literary confluence of loss and the undying miracle of human resilience. The protagonist, Gifty, is given a life ...

SOPHOMORE SUCCESS Writing a debut novel requires gumption and perseverance, but at least it’s a solitary endeavor. An author attempting a follow-up has an audience in mind, which can be ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Nell Freudenberger TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM By Yaa Gyasi A family in isolation is a kind of science ...

Editor’s Note: Read Yaa Gyasi’s new fiction, “When My Mother Came to Stay.” “When My Mother Came to Stay” is taken from Yaa Gyasi’s forthcoming novel, Transcendent Kingdom (available on September 1).

If you’ve been paying any attention to pop culture, you’ve probably noticed an uptick in slavery narratives, particularly in Hollywood. The most recent is the History channel’s remake of “Roots,” the ...