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Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi’s stunning follow-up to her acclaimed novel Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.

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MEET THE AUTHOR

Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi stands outside in the woods.

YAA GYASI was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she held a Dean's Graduate Research Fellowship. She lives in Brooklyn.

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The Campus Read fosters an exchange of ideas, thoughtful dialogue and new connections as fellow Mountaineers join together to discuss important ideas and relatable themes. This year’s themes include:

  • Opioid Abuse
  • Economic Disparity
  • Generational Trauma
  • Mental Illness in the Family
  • Black Immigration to the U.S. 
  • Grad School Isolation
  • Neuroscience
  • First Gen Experience
  • Sports Psychology
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
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