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Hello, everyone. I'm so excited to be here live from the #NationalBookFestival talking about my novel, Homegoing. What questions do you have for me?
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My Writing Day

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Yaa Gyasi: ‘I write a sentence. I delete it. I wonder if it’s too early for lunch’
The Ghanaian-American novelist tries to recreate the feeling of working on her award-winning debut in ‘the dungeon’, a dank nook in her first apartment

I'm deeply honored to have Homegoing recognized by the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. May we all strive to center social justice and peace in our work and in our world.

Dayton Literary Peace Prize
October 3, 2017

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2017 Dayton Literary Prize: The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel for fiction and What Have We Done by David Wood for nonfiction. The runners-up are Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and City of Thorns by Ben Rawlence.

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Announcing the Winners of the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
The winners of the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which seeks to celebrate books that “promote peace, social justice, and global understanding,” are The Veins of the Ocean by Patrici…
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