![]() ![]() And I was seeing the same thing happen everywhere. We went from chop shops and brick yards to hipster central. My father’s been in Williamsburg for the last 30-something years. Over the time I was here, I watched it change. I wasn’t going to be able to buy in Crown Heights, which was the New York neighborhood I had been in, because Crown Heights had hit, like, fourth stage gentrification. And Mom’s death did spur a period of to grow new things and try new things. Mid-life crises are not always triggered by getting old, they’re also triggered by an event. ![]() ![]() She did pass away while I was writing The Stone Sky. With the Broken Earth trilogy, I realized belatedly that I was processing my mom’s imminent death. A lot of times I don’t really understand what it is that I’m trying to cope with until after I’ve finished the book. I do have a therapist, but there was a time I couldn’t afford one and writing was the way I vented anger and stress and fear and longing and all of the things that I did not have a real-world outlet for. Jemisin: I’ve always thought of my writing as therapy. ![]()
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