orange] but the idea just dropped into my head to have all these lives converge at a powwow at the oakland colium. just, that was the basic premise, and i, you know, i spent the next six years just, that was after that writing into it. or, you know, i didn't write for that first year, but after that, after waiting r a year, actually, you know, i really started waking up at five in the morning and i'd write after he went to sleep and i was working full time, so, i really went hard at it at first. i can't really explain exactly how i made it all work, but over six years, you know, you just keep going at the same thing and you figure it out. [smith] yeah. and. so we've talked about oakland a couple times, mentioned that oakland is the setting of this book, but really, oakland is all over this, oakland is a character in this bo. why is oakland such an interesting place for you? about other works of art that feature oakland. and i th "fruitvale station." right? the film from a couple years ago. and then i kinda drew a blank after th. am i not remembering something? [orange] well, there's two that you