![]() ![]() ![]() She’s stated, “I was a voracious reader even at a very young age. Her parents had hopes that she would follow her mother into a career in medicine, but Gyasi was drawn to books. Gyasi’s father was a university professor, her mother a nurse. Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. Interested in more? Below is a bio of Yaa Gyasi’s life and writing career thus far. … Leaving was such a profoundly lonely and confusing experience that I longed for literature that could help me grasp it, literature that took faith seriously.” I grew up Pentecostal and left the church when I was a teenager. “I actually haven’t read a lot on the tensions between science and faith, which is one reason I wrote. What’s on Yaa Gyasi’s bookshelf? In this interview for the New York Times, Gyasi shares some of her favorite books and authors of all time, and opens up about how, for her, reading, writing, and faith are all interconnected. ![]()
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