The fire this time :
The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race /
edited by Jesmyn Ward.
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- viii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
The tradition / Introduction / Legacy. Homegoing, AD / The weight / Lonely in America / Where do we go from here? / "The dear pledges of our love" : a defense of Phillis Wheatley's husband / White rage / Cracking the code / Reckoning. Queries of unrest / Blacker than thou / Da art of storytellin' (a prequel) / Black and blue / The condition of black life is one of mourning / Know your rights! / Composite pops / Jubilee. Theories of time and space / This far : notes on love and revolution / Message to my daughters / by Jericho Brown ; by Jesmyn Ward -- by Kima Jones ; by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah ; by Wendy S. Walters ; by Isabel Wilkerson ; by Honor�ee Fanonne Jeffers ; by Carol Anderson ; by Jesmyn Ward -- by Clint Smith ; by Kevin Young ; by Kiese Laymon ; by Garnette Cadogan ; by Claudia Rankine ; by Emily Raboteau ; by Mitchell Jackson -- by Natasha Trethewey ; by Daniel Jos�e Older ; by Edwidge Danticat. Part I: Part II: Part III:
"In response to recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, National Book Award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward looked to James Baldwin's The fire next time for comfort and counsel. In the essay 'My dungeon shook,' Baldwin addresses his fifteen-year-old namesake on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. He writes: 'You know, and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon.' Jesmyn Ward knows that Baldwin's words ring as true as ever today, and she has turned to some of her generation's most original thinkers to write short essays, memoirs, and a few essential poems giving voice to their concerns. [This book] is divided into three parts that shine a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestle with our current predicament, and attempt to envision a better future. Of the eighteen pieces, ten were written specifically for this volume. In the fifty-odd years since Baldwin's essay was published, entire generations have dared everything and made significant progress. But the idea that we are living in the post-civil rights era--that we are a 'postracial' society--is a callous corruption of a truth that our nation must confront. Baldwin's 'fire next time' is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about."--Dust jacket.
9781501126345 1501126342 9781501126352 1501126350
2016005371
African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
Blacks--Race identity
Racism--United States
African Americans in literature
African Americans in popular culture
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism
United States--Race relations--21st century.
E185.615 / .F526 2016
305.896/073
The tradition / Introduction / Legacy. Homegoing, AD / The weight / Lonely in America / Where do we go from here? / "The dear pledges of our love" : a defense of Phillis Wheatley's husband / White rage / Cracking the code / Reckoning. Queries of unrest / Blacker than thou / Da art of storytellin' (a prequel) / Black and blue / The condition of black life is one of mourning / Know your rights! / Composite pops / Jubilee. Theories of time and space / This far : notes on love and revolution / Message to my daughters / by Jericho Brown ; by Jesmyn Ward -- by Kima Jones ; by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah ; by Wendy S. Walters ; by Isabel Wilkerson ; by Honor�ee Fanonne Jeffers ; by Carol Anderson ; by Jesmyn Ward -- by Clint Smith ; by Kevin Young ; by Kiese Laymon ; by Garnette Cadogan ; by Claudia Rankine ; by Emily Raboteau ; by Mitchell Jackson -- by Natasha Trethewey ; by Daniel Jos�e Older ; by Edwidge Danticat. Part I: Part II: Part III:
"In response to recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, National Book Award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward looked to James Baldwin's The fire next time for comfort and counsel. In the essay 'My dungeon shook,' Baldwin addresses his fifteen-year-old namesake on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. He writes: 'You know, and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon.' Jesmyn Ward knows that Baldwin's words ring as true as ever today, and she has turned to some of her generation's most original thinkers to write short essays, memoirs, and a few essential poems giving voice to their concerns. [This book] is divided into three parts that shine a light on the darkest corners of our history, wrestle with our current predicament, and attempt to envision a better future. Of the eighteen pieces, ten were written specifically for this volume. In the fifty-odd years since Baldwin's essay was published, entire generations have dared everything and made significant progress. But the idea that we are living in the post-civil rights era--that we are a 'postracial' society--is a callous corruption of a truth that our nation must confront. Baldwin's 'fire next time' is now upon us, and it needs to be talked about."--Dust jacket.
9781501126345 1501126342 9781501126352 1501126350
2016005371
African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
Blacks--Race identity
Racism--United States
African Americans in literature
African Americans in popular culture
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism
United States--Race relations--21st century.
E185.615 / .F526 2016
305.896/073