The author typically writes at home, and with family around more often, she had to adjust her work routine. For me, it’s always there and it’s always changing.”ĭrawing on her memories of watching New York neighborhoods evolve, she developed the narrative while navigating the many shifts that came with the pandemic.
Woodson says Brooklyn, where she has set previous works including Brown Girl Dreaming and the adult novel Red at the Bone, is “evergreen. Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing neighborhood, Sage reflects on her blossoming friendship with Freddie and the memories they’ll take with them as they move forward. In Remember Us, Sage-who is passionate about basketball and questioning what it means to be a “girl”-befriends Freddie, the new kid on the (literally burning) block. “It was a part of my life that stayed with me.” “It’s something I’ve wanted to write about-the fires that were taking place in Brooklyn and the Bronx in the ’70s and early ’80s,” Woodson says.
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