![]() Set in a time and place that no longer exist, the story is meant to replicate that "fuzzy haze of memory." " Another Brooklyn came to me in this kind of dreamlike series of vignettes. She wanted this story to roam more freely through time because so much of it is about memory. Timing is also important here - Woodson says books for children and young adults usually take place within a short period of time. ![]() The book does have this kind of jazzy feel to me." "I love music and I love writing that has a musicality to it. "I love playing with form, I love playing with sounds. Her new novel has both a poetic and a musical feel she says it's important for her words to sound and look a certain way. Her new novel, Another Brooklyn, is about friendship and memory and coming to terms with death.Ä«rown Girl Dreaming is a young adult memoir in verse, but Woodson says writing for grown-ups allowed her to experiment even more than usual. After winning the National Book Award for her memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, she decided she wanted to do something she hadn't done in 20 years - write a book for adults. Jacqueline Woodson has been writing books for children and young adults for most of her career. Jacqueline Woodson is also the author of Brown Girl Dreaming, Miracle's Boys, Show Way and Feathers. ![]()
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