The Resource The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race, edited by Jesmyn Ward
The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race, edited by Jesmyn Ward
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- Summary
- "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. The Fire This Time 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 226 pages
- Contents
-
- The weight
- by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
- Lonely in America
- by Wendy S. Walters
- Where do we go from here?
- by Isabel Wilkerson
- "The dear pledges of our love" : a defense of Phillis Wheatley's husband
- by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- White rage
- by Carol Anderson
- The tradition
- Cracking the code
- by Jesmyn Ward
- Part II:
- Reckoning.
- Queries of unrest
- by Clint Smith
- Blacker than thou
- by Kevin Young
- Da art of storytellin' (a prequel)
- by Kiese Laymon
- by Jericho Brown
- Black and blue
- by Garnette Cadogan
- The condition of black life is one of mourning
- by Claudia Rankine
- Know your rights!
- by Emily Raboteau
- Composite pops
- by Mitchell Jackson
- Part III:
- Jubilee.
- Introduction
- Theories of time and space
- by Natasha Trethewey
- This far : notes on love and revolution
- by Daniel José Older
- Message to my daughters
- by Edwidge Danticat
- by Jesmyn Ward
- Part I:
- Legacy.
- Homegoing, AD
- by Kima Jones
- Isbn
- 9781501126352
- Label
- The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race
- Title
- The fire this time
- Title remainder
- a new generation speaks about race
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Jesmyn Ward
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in popular culture
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Blacks -- Race identity
- Racism -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- United States -- Race relations -- 21st century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. The Fire This Time 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 305.896/073
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E185.615
- LC item number
- .F526 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Ward, Jesmyn
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African Americans
- United States
- Blacks
- Racism
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in popular culture
- American literature
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Label
- The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race, edited by Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The weight
- by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
- Lonely in America
- by Wendy S. Walters
- Where do we go from here?
- by Isabel Wilkerson
- "The dear pledges of our love" : a defense of Phillis Wheatley's husband
- by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- White rage
- by Carol Anderson
- The tradition
- Cracking the code
- by Jesmyn Ward
- Part II:
- Reckoning.
- Queries of unrest
- by Clint Smith
- Blacker than thou
- by Kevin Young
- Da art of storytellin' (a prequel)
- by Kiese Laymon
- by Jericho Brown
- Black and blue
- by Garnette Cadogan
- The condition of black life is one of mourning
- by Claudia Rankine
- Know your rights!
- by Emily Raboteau
- Composite pops
- by Mitchell Jackson
- Part III:
- Jubilee.
- Introduction
- Theories of time and space
- by Natasha Trethewey
- This far : notes on love and revolution
- by Daniel José Older
- Message to my daughters
- by Edwidge Danticat
- by Jesmyn Ward
- Part I:
- Legacy.
- Homegoing, AD
- by Kima Jones
- Control code
- 1659384
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- viii, 226 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501126352
- Lccn
- 2016005371
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1659384
- (OCoLC)934884556
- Label
- The fire this time : a new generation speaks about race, edited by Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The weight
- by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
- Lonely in America
- by Wendy S. Walters
- Where do we go from here?
- by Isabel Wilkerson
- "The dear pledges of our love" : a defense of Phillis Wheatley's husband
- by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- White rage
- by Carol Anderson
- The tradition
- Cracking the code
- by Jesmyn Ward
- Part II:
- Reckoning.
- Queries of unrest
- by Clint Smith
- Blacker than thou
- by Kevin Young
- Da art of storytellin' (a prequel)
- by Kiese Laymon
- by Jericho Brown
- Black and blue
- by Garnette Cadogan
- The condition of black life is one of mourning
- by Claudia Rankine
- Know your rights!
- by Emily Raboteau
- Composite pops
- by Mitchell Jackson
- Part III:
- Jubilee.
- Introduction
- Theories of time and space
- by Natasha Trethewey
- This far : notes on love and revolution
- by Daniel José Older
- Message to my daughters
- by Edwidge Danticat
- by Jesmyn Ward
- Part I:
- Legacy.
- Homegoing, AD
- by Kima Jones
- Control code
- 1659384
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- viii, 226 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501126352
- Lccn
- 2016005371
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1659384
- (OCoLC)934884556
Subject
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- African Americans in literature
- African Americans in popular culture
- American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
- Blacks -- Race identity
- Racism -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- United States -- Race relations -- 21st century
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