The Fire This Time
Educational
Profound
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The Fire This Time A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward2016
"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"--
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Alisha @theawardshow
5 stars
Jul 18, 2022

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

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Ellie Younger@ellierose2000
5 stars
Mar 4, 2022

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!!!

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Alexia@apolasky
4 stars
Dec 17, 2021

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.

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erin alise @thehollowvalley
5 stars
Sep 3, 2023
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Megan Parrott@meganparrott
4 stars
Jul 5, 2024
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kayla @kayellng
4 stars
Mar 14, 2024
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Olivia@owalsh2
4 stars
Jan 4, 2024
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Jule@julesandherbooks
4 stars
Oct 22, 2023
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Jonathan Grunert@jgrunert
4 stars
Oct 21, 2022
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Jen@fierycracker81
4 stars
Oct 20, 2022
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Jacob Mishook@jmishook
5 stars
Oct 16, 2022
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Brad Mitchell@ameritoon
5 stars
Mar 26, 2022
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Amy Maddess@amymaddess
3 stars
Feb 2, 2022
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Mallory Foutch@malloryfoutch
4 stars
Jan 17, 2022
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Maggie@magspot
5 stars
Jan 9, 2022
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Summer Stanley@sgs
4 stars
Jan 3, 2022
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Olivia Bollar@itslivbee
5 stars
Jan 2, 2022
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Ashley Hollis@ashpaige
5 stars
Oct 31, 2021
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Beck Krystal@twistedreader
5 stars
Oct 26, 2021
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Andrea Henderson@arhenderson5
5 stars
Oct 25, 2021
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Ezra Alie@ezraa
3 stars
Oct 1, 2021
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*emmie*@emmie
4 stars
Sep 16, 2021