Jesmyn Ward

"Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this ... collection of essays and poems about race from ... voices of her generation and our time"--

A New Generation Speaks about Race

The Fire This Time

Alisha 

Wonderful. I especially loved essays by Rachel, Kiese, Garnette & Edwidge.

Ellie Younger

This series of essays was often difficult to read, but the stories have to be told, and I have to listen. This is an important collection that shed light to many things that I- as a white person, have not experienced. I learned more about the tragedies of this world as I read beautiful essays, letters and poems. It is so important to educate ourselves on injustice and then work to make change!!!

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Edited by two-time National Book Award winner and Women's Prize shortlisted-author Jesmyn Ward, a timely and groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race in America In this bestselling collection of essays and poems, Jesmyn Ward gathers a new generation of writers and thinkers to speak on race. From Claudia Rankine to Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Kiese Laymon to Carol Anderson, these voices shine a light on the darkest corners of American history, wrestle with the struggles the country faces today and imagine a better future. Envisioned as a response to The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin's groundbreaking 1963 essay collection, The Fire This Time considers the black experience in modern America. Significant progress has been made in the fifty years since Baldwin's essays were published, but America is a long distance away from a post-racial society – a truth that must be confronted if the country is to continue to work towards change. Baldwin's 'fire next time' is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about. Sage, urgent and impassioned, this is an essential collection edited by one of America's greatest writers.

A New Generation Speaks About Race

Alexia

This sure is an important book to read. I would recommend reading The Fire Next Time first, because it allows for an interesting compare and —appallingly little— contrast exercise between the 60s and now.

The Fire This Time A New Generation Speaks about Race

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