The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race / edited by Jesmyn Ward.
| Other author | Ward, Jesmyn editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Scribner paperback edition. |
| Publication | New York, New York : Scribner, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2016 |
| Description | x, 226 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | "The tradition" / Jericho Brown -- Introduction / Jesmyn Ward -- Homegoing, AD / Kima Jones -- The weight / Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah -- Lonely in America / Wendy S. Walters -- Where do we go from here? / Isabel Wilkerson -- "The dear pledges of our love": A defense of Phillis Wheatley's husband / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- White rage / Carol Anderson -- Cracking the code / Jesmyn Ward -- Queries of unrest / Clint Smith -- Blacker than thou / Kevin Young -- Da art of storytellin' (a prequel) / Kiese Laymon -- Black and blue / Garnette Cadogan -- The condition of black life is one of mourning / Claudia Rankine -- Know your rights! / Emily Raboteau -- Composite pops / Mitchell S. Jackson -- Theories of time and space / Natasha Trethewey -- This far: Notes on love and revolution / Daniel José Older -- Message to my daughters / Edwidge Danticat. |
| Abstract | National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. |
| Local note | Little-473138--305131068830 |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| LCCN | 2016005371 |
| ISBN | 1501126350 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781501126352 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 305.896 F5141 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |