STORYBOUND: Yaa Gyasi

The Process with Jude Brewer

Jude Brewer

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4.8 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Yaa Gyasi reads an excerpt from her novel "Transcendent Kingdom," with sound design by Jude Brewer and music composition from Tim Karplus. Yaa Gyasi was born in Ghana and raised in Huntsville, Alabama. Her debut novel, Homegoing, was awarded the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a first book of fiction, the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” honors for 2016, and the American Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn. Tim Karplus has been working as a professional musical jack-of-all-trades in Portland, Oregon for the last 9 years. When he's not playing guitar, bass, drums or keyboards with noted Portland acts such as Haley Johnsen, The Weather Machine, and Anna Tivel, Tim can be found teaching music lessons, writing songs, and producing recordings at various studios in the greater Portland area. Currently, Tim is working on a solo record while sound-mixing for the Storybound podcast. This episode is brought to you by: W.W. Norton, publisher of Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane. Get you copy wherever books are sold, now available in paperback. Audible. Visit Audible.com/Storybound or text Storybound to "500-500" for a free audiobook. Storybound is hosted by Jude Brewer and brought to you by The Podglomerate and Lit Hub Radio. Let us know what you think of the show on Instagram and Twitter @storyboundpod. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Storybound, you might enjoy reading, writing, and storytelling. We'd like to suggest you also try the History of Literature or Book Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Yaw Jesse and you are listening to Storybound.
0:05.1	I will be reading an excerpt from my novel Transcendent Kingdom.
0:13.3	Welcome to Storybound, presented by Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate.
0:20.3	I'm your host, Jude Brewer.
0:27.6	In just a little bit, you'll get to hear Yaw Jesse read an excerpt from her book, Transcendant Kingdom, with original music by Tim Carplus.
0:40.7	And if you stick around until after the credits, you'll get to hear a little bit about
0:44.4	the digital book world gathering happening this month.
0:52.6	It's the most wonderful time.
0:56.6	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
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1:06.1	Silly bookers?
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