The Fire This Time : A New Generation Speaks about Race (Hardcover)

from kaylaraeintheway

As a white person, I will never fully understand what it means to be a person of color in America. The best I can do is to educate myself, and pay attention to what the people who have those experiences have to say. This is an excellent collection of essays and poems about race, inspired by James...

from steller0707

James Baldwin's creative nonfiction in “The Fire Next Time” was the inspiration for this book. Believing in the power of words to make sense of the experience of African Americans in the US today, Ward solicited works from “great thinkers and extraordinary voices” of her own generation who respon...

from bookmuse56

Splendid is a very apt word to describe this very timely collection of essays/poems that will sooth the soul, nourish the spirit and rouse the mind! Editor Jesmyn Ward competently gathered an illustrious group of contributors to continue the discussion/update/reflect on what James Baldwin so poig...

from froxgirl

It's hard to imagine a stronger collection of essays, stories, and poems that reflect black lives in America since Treyvon Martin's murder. It is edited by and begins with an introduction by Jesmyn Ward, author of the brilliant Salvage the Bones. She explains her return to James Baldwin's writing...

from bell7

This collection of essays, first published in 2016, brings together poems and essays from 18 contributors grappling with race and racism in the United States. In many ways, they reflect on or respond to James Baldwin's writings, some more directly than others. Most touch on a recent killing of a ...