![]() One from each borough: Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. In response, five additional avatars are selected from the city’s residents. ![]() But when the time comes, eternal forces that oppose the birth of new cities lash out and injure the avatar chosen to see the city through its transition. New York is on the brink of becoming more. ![]() The transition can be fraught with peril and, if it doesn’t go well, the city, and all of its inhabitants may be destroyed. This has happened several times throughout history: Hong Kong, Paris, and São Paulo are all “living” cities. ![]() Currently, she resides in Brooklyn, New York and, as evidenced by her novel, The City We Became, she LOVES the “Big Apple”.Įvery century or so, a city will “manifest”, it becomes a living thing, an entity of its own. Jemisin is a multiple award-winning, speculative fiction writer. ![]()
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