{"product_id":"the-fire-this-time-9781408892589","title":"The Fire This Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited by two-time National Book Award winner and Women's Prize shortlisted-author Jesmyn Ward, a timely and groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race in America\u003c\/b\u003eIn this bestselling collection of essays and poems, Jesmyn Ward gathers a new generation of writers and thinkers to speak on race. From Claudia Rankine to Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Kiese Laymon to Carol Anderson, these voices shine a light on the darkest corners of American history, wrestle with the struggles the country faces today and imagine a better future.     Envisioned as a response to \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e, James Baldwin's groundbreaking 1963 essay collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the black experience in modern America. Significant progress has been made in the fifty years since Baldwin''s essays were published, but America is a long distance away from a post-racial society  a truth that must be confronted if the country is to continue to w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA harrowing yet hopeful book about race\u003c\/b\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stirring anthology that takes more cues from Baldwin than just its title\u003c\/b\u003e ...  Every poem and essay in Ward’s volume remains grounded in a harsh reality * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMixing anecdote, humour, passion, fear, anger and a call to arms, it’s a powerful read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Unmissable Books to Read this Spring * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful ... Alive with purpose, conviction and intellect\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eTo Baldwin’s call we now have a choral response – \u003cb\u003eone that should be read by every one of us committed to the cause of equality and freedom\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jelani Cobb, Professor of Journalism at Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book to pick up and tuck under our hearts to see what we can build\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nikki Giovanni, poet\u003cbr\u003eWith this \u003cb\u003egorgeous chorus\u003c\/b\u003e - Ward has done the same [as her ancestors]: she has created a world, a space, the one she, herself, was seeking.\u003cb\u003e A new type of belonging, a new place to belong, is exactly what she has given us\u003c\/b\u003e * LA Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book that seeks to place the shock of our own times into historical context and, most importantly, to move these times forward\u003c\/b\u003e * Vogue *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408025919831,"sku":"9781408892589","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fire-this-time-9781408892589","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}