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So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it –– we all get to dream.

So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it –– we all get to dream.

Approximate author period: c. 2002 AD · contemporary

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N.K. Jemisin
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Approximate author period: c. 2002 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for N. K. Jemisin: documented activity in 2002. Wikidata Q2427544, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2427544 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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