{"product_id":"the-fire-this-time-a-new-generation-speaks-about-race-9781501126352","title":"The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\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. \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time \u003c\/i\u003eis vivid proof that words are important, because of their power to both cleanse and to clarify\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestles with our current predicament, and imagines a better future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Envisioned as a response to \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\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; \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003c\/i\u003e \"seeks to place the shock of our own times into historical context and, most importantly, to move these times forward\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501126352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e184116 \/ Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jesmyn Ward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36654822588572,"sku":"9781501126352","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_da6512f1-ac0d-4501-b0ba-6d9704c06af9.jpg?v=1603884163","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fire-this-time-a-new-generation-speaks-about-race-9781501126352","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}