Goodreads asked suprihmbe:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

suprihmbe My mind. But Crossroads is based in the Black tradition of "literary hoodoo." It is also kind of metafictional-folklore-mythopoeia--and a revision of parts of certain texts, namely "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant, "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, and "Tumbling" by Diane McKinney-Whetstone. The idea somewhat began with The Magicians, which I love-hated.

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