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Jemisin writes food and cooking", citing "The Narcomancer", "Stone Hunger" and "Cuisine des MĂ©moires" as among the best, with "Those Who Stay and Fight" and "The
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believed the publishing industry was stagnating by producing predominately self-reassuring "comfort fiction" for its core audience. To this end, she wrote an essay in 2013 titled "How Long 'Til Black Future Month? The Toxins of
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states, "As in most of the stories here, the protagonist of "Stone Hunger" refuses to accept the sectarian role dictated by those who rule, or seem to rule, the broken world she inhabits."
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