A review by arielzeit
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

5.0

The first essay is a letter to his godson and nephew, also named James Baldwin, and reminds me very much of Ta-Nehisi Coates's BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME. It's heartrending and superb. The second one is really about religion and goes on for quite a long time. Everything Baldwin writes is amazing, but this essay felt more dated.