The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

226 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her ge...

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reflective 79%
challenging 71%
emotional 70%
informative 64%
inspiring 30%
sad 30%
hopeful 28%
dark 11%
tense 9%
funny 2%

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fast 17%
slow 9%

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