{"product_id":"9781501126345","title":"The Fire This Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, these groundbreaking essays and poems about race—collected by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and written by the most important voices of her generation—are “thoughtful, searing, and at times, hopeful. \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time \u003c\/i\u003eis vivid proof that words are important, because of their power to both cleanse and to clarify” (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive \u003c\/i\u003emagazine republished one of its most famous pieces: James Baldwin’s 1962 “Letter to My Nephew,” which was later published in his landmark book, \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e. Addressing his fifteen-year-old namesake on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Baldwin wrote: “You know and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author Jesmyn Ward knows that Baldwin’s words ring as true as ever today. In response, she has gathered short essays, memoir, and a few essential poems to engage the question of race in the United States. And she has turned to some of her generation’s most original thinkers and writers to give voice to their concerns.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into three parts that shine a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestle with our current predicament, and envision a better future. Of the eighteen pieces, ten were written specifically for this volume.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the fifty-odd years since Baldwin’s essay was published, entire generations \u003ci\u003ehave\u003c\/i\u003e dared everything and made significant progress. But the idea that we are living in the post-Civil Rights era, that we are a “post-racial” society is an inaccurate and harmful reflection of a truth the country must confront. Baldwin’s “fire next time” is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eContributors include Carol Anderson, Jericho Brown, Garnette Cadogan, Edwidge Danticat, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Mitchell S. Jackson, Honoree Jeffers, Kima Jones, Kiese Laymon, Daniel Jose Older, Emily Raboteau, Claudia Rankine, Clint Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Wendy S. Walters, Isabel Wilkerson, and Kevin Young.","brand":"Jesmyn Ward","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56871820427424,"sku":"9781501126345","price":17.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e0a2ceda-9f3e-474b-8e63-316cd33a3227.jpg?v=1774813993","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781501126345","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}