{"product_id":"the-fire-this-time-a-new-generation-speaks-about-race","title":"The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis vivid proof that words are important, because of their power to both cleanse and to clarify” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this bestselling, widely lauded collection, Jesmyn Ward gathers our most original thinkers and writers to speak on contemporary racism and race, including Carol Anderson, Jericho Brown, Edwidge Danticat, Kevin Young, Claudia Rankine, and Honoree Jeffers. “An absolutely indispensable anthology” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, starred review), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shines a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestles with our current predicament, and imagines a better future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnvisioned as a response to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, James Baldwin’s groundbreaking 1963 essay collection, these contemporary writers reflect on the past, present, and future of race in America. We’ve made significant progress in the fifty-odd years since Baldwin’s essays were published, but America is a long and painful distance away from a “post-racial society”—a truth we must confront if we are to continue to work towards change. Baldwin’s “fire next time” is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “seeks to place the shock of our own times into historical context and, most importantly, to move these times forward” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51687558086972,"sku":"9781501126352","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/71XMoC9ahlL._SL1500.jpg?v=1755269498","url":"https:\/\/frugalbookstore.net\/products\/the-fire-this-time-a-new-generation-speaks-about-race","provider":"Frugal Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}