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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Published in 2016, The Fire This Time features a veritable who's who of talented modern Black writers. Contributors include Kiese Laymon, Claudia Rankine, Jesmyn Ward, Honoree Jeffers, Edwidge Danticat, Isabel Wilkerson, and more. Each piece in this collection is full of heartfelt recognition of Black American identity and calls to persist in the ongoing fight against racial injustices in the U.S. Overall, The Fire This Time is an excellent reflection on the ways that American society both has and hasn't changed since Baldwin wrote The Fire Next Time in the 1960s.
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