The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

A surprise New York Times bestseller, these groundbreaking essays and poems about raceâ€”collected by National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward and written by the most important voices of her generationâ€”are â€œthoughtful, searing, and at times, hopeful. The Fire This Time is vivid proof that words are important, because of their power to both cleanse and to clarifyâ€ (USA TODAY).

In this bestselling, widely lauded collection, Jesmyn Ward gathers our most original thinkers and writers to speak on contemporary racism and race, including Carol Anderson, Jericho Brown, Edwidge Danticat, Kevin Young, Claudia Rankine, and Honoree Jeffers. â€œAn absolutely indispensable anthologyâ€ (Booklist, starred review), The Fire This Time shines a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestles with our current predicament, and imagines a better future.

Envisioned as a response to The Fire Next Time, James Baldwinâ€™s groundbreaking 1963 essay collection, these contemporary writers reflect on the past, present, and future of race in America. Weâ€™ve made significant progress in the fifty-odd years since Baldwinâ€™s essays were published, but America is a long and painful distance away from a â€œpost-racial societyâ€â€”a truth we must confront if we are to continue to work towards change. Baldwinâ€™s â€œfire next timeâ€ is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about; The Fire This Time â€œseeks to place the shock of our own times into historical context and, most importantly, to move these times forwardâ€ (Vogue).
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781501126352
ReleaseDate 2017-06-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501126352

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781501126352
ReleaseDate	2017-06-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501126352

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

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