Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi with Kerri Forrest

Yaa Gyasi’s novel, Transcendent Kingdom, is a stunning follow-up to her award-winning debut Homegoing. Drawing on her Ghanaian background and her Alabama upbringing, she explores the power of science and faith to untangle her identity conflicts and to assuage the grief caused by her brother’s death resulting from OxyContin addiction. ‘A book of blazing brilliance’ (The Washington Post). She discusses her quest to blend the mysteries of science and religion with Kerri Forrest, two-time Emmy award-winning journalist for NBC News. Recorded November 6, 2021