The Fire this time: a new generation speaks about race
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Contributors:
Ward, Jesmyn, editor.
Published:
New York : Scribner, 2016.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
viii, 226 pages ; 22 cm
Status:
Wallingford Adult Nonfiction
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"In response to recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, National Book Award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward looked to James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time for comfort and counsel. In the essay 'My dungeon shook,' Baldwin addresses his fifteen-year-old namesake on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. He writes: 'You know, and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon.' Jesmyn Ward knows that Baldwin's words ring as true as ever today, and she has turned to some of her generation's most original thinkers to write short essays, memoirs, and a few essential poems giving voice to their concerns. The Fire This Time is divided into three parts that shine a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestle with our current predicament, and attempt to envision a better future. Of the eighteen pieces, ten were written specifically for this volume. In the fifty-odd years since Baldwin's essay was published, entire generations have dared everything and made significant progress. But the idea that we are living in the post-civil rights era--that we are a 'postracial' society--is a callous corruption of a truth that our nation must confront. Baldwin's 'fire next time' is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about."--Dust jacket.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781501126345, 1501126342, 9781501126352, 1501126350
Accelerated Reader:
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Level 8.2, 9 Points
Level 8.2, 9 Points
Lexile measure:
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"In response to recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, National Book Award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward looked to James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time for comfort and counsel. In the essay 'My dungeon shook,' Baldwin addresses his fifteen-year-old namesake on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. He writes: 'You know, and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon.' Jesmyn Ward knows that Baldwin's words ring as true as ever today, and she has turned to some of her generation's most original thinkers to write short essays, memoirs, and a few essential poems giving voice to their concerns. The Fire This Time is divided into three parts that shine a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestle with our current predicament, and attempt to envision a better future. Of the eighteen pieces, ten were written specifically for this volume. In the fifty-odd years since Baldwin's essay was published, entire generations have dared everything and made significant progress. But the idea that we are living in the post-civil rights era--that we are a 'postracial' society--is a callous corruption of a truth that our nation must confront. Baldwin's 'fire next time' is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about."--Dust jacket.
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Ward, J. (2016). The Fire this time: a new generation speaks about race. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. 2016. The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race. New York, Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn, The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race. New York, Scribner, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Ward, Jesmyn. The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York, Scribner, 2016.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t The tradition / |r by Jericho Brown ; |t Introduction / |r by Jesmyn Ward -- |g Part I: |t Legacy. |t Homegoing, AD / |r by Kima Jones ; |t The weight / |r by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah ; |t Lonely in America / |r by Wendy S. Walters ; |t Where do we go from here? / |r by Isabel Wilkerson ; |t "The dear pledges of our love" : a defense of Phillis Wheatley's husband / |r by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers ; |t White rage / |r by Carol Anderson ; |t Cracking the code / |r by Jesmyn Ward -- |g Part II: |t Reckoning. |t Queries of unrest / |r by Clint Smith ; |t Blacker than thou / |r by Kevin Young ; |t Da art of storytellin' (a prequel) / |r by Kiese Laymon ; |t Black and blue / |r by Garnette Cadogan ; |t The condition of black life is one of mourning / |r by Claudia Rankine ; |t Know your rights! / |r by Emily Raboteau ; |t Composite pops / |r by Mitchell S. Jackson -- |g Part III: |t Jubilee. |t Theories of time and space / |r by Natasha Trethewey ; |t This far : notes on love and revolution / |r by Daniel José Older ; |t Message to my daughters / |r by Edwidge Danticat. |
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