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The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race / edited by Jesmyn Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Jesmyn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
- African Americans.
- Race relations.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- United States--Race relations--21st century.
- United States.
- Black people--Race identity.
- Black people.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- African Americans in literature.
- African Americans in popular culture.
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--African American authors.
- Overdrive--Ebook.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 226 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, [2016]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2016]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this groundbreaking New York Times bestselling anthology of essays and poems on race in America, Jesmyn Ward brings together the most important voices of a new generation. More than fifty years ago, James Baldwin wrote, in The Fire Next Time, that "the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon"; now, responding to both Baldwin's words and the new tragedies of our day, eighteen influential thinkers wrestle with the past, present, and future of America race relations and the Black experience. This is an essential collection for anyone who wishes to confront the truth of our nation. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Tradition / by Jericho Brown
- Introduction / by Jesmyn Ward
- Part I: Legacy
- Homegoing, AD / by Kima Jones
- The Weight / by Rachel Ghansah / Lonely in America / by Wendy S. Walters
- Where Do We Go from Here? / by Isabel Wilkerson
- "The Dear Pledges of Our Love": A Defense of Phillis Wheatley's Husband / Honoree Jeffers
- White Rage / by Carol Anderson
- Cracking the Code / by Jesmyn Ward
- Part II: Reckoning
- Queries of Unrest / by Clint Smith
- Blacker Than Thou / by Kevin Young
- Da Art of Storytellin' (a prequel) / by Kiese Laymon
- Black and Blue / by Garnette Cadogan
- The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning / by Claudia Rankine
- Know Your Rights! / by Emily Raboteau
- Composite Pops / by Mitchell Jackson
- Part III: Jubilee
- Theories of Time and Space / by Natasha Trethewey
- Love in the Time of Contradiction / by Daniel Jose Older
- Message to My Daughters / by Edwidge Danticat.
- Notes:
- Electronic book.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fire this time.
- ISBN:
- 9781501126369
- 1501126369
- Publisher Number:
- 99984942676
- 40026275816
- 99969320589
- 40026300595
- 99968402045
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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