How does Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom explore the interplay between religious faith and scientific inquiry in shaping the coping mechanisms for grief and trauma within the context of Gifty’s personal and familial struggles, particularly against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic and cultural identity?
This semester, I participated in a seminar focused on the opioid crisis in the United States, where we primarily discussed the Sackler family and the drug OxyContin. To start, we covered the basics and background information on the crisis. Following this, we delved into various books that highlighted individual stories impacted by the epidemic. One … Read more