Ep. 137 Specificity in Storytelling with Yaa Gyasi

Описание: Our guest today is award winning novelist Yaa Gyasi. here to discuss her new novel Transcendent Kingdom (https://bookshop.org/a/3111/978052565...) . Our conversation touches on the challenges to writing a follow up to her critically acclaimed debut Homegoing (https://bookshop.org/a/3111/978110197...) , how she gave herself permission to write about small intimate stories this time around, and the ways research has factored into her process as a storyteller.


The Stacks Book Club selection for November is The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America (https://bookshop.org/a/3111/978198210...) by Marcus J. Moore, we will discuss the book with Cole Cuchna on November 25th.


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