The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)

Name: The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
Price: 2.99 USD
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Rating: 4.8 (12890 reviews)
Author: James Baldwin

by James Baldwin

Nonfiction Memoir

4.8 (12,890)

4.8 stars from 12,890 reviews. One of the highest rated Nonfiction books we track.

120 pages~2 hr readPublished by LaurelPublished 1962-01-01

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You're grappling with systemic racism and want a foundational text that shaped how we talk about it today.
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You're looking for prose so intellectually rigorous and emotionally true that it'll rewire how you see American history.

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You prefer narrative-driven storytelling over essayistic argument.
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About this book

The Fire Next Time is a work of essays by James Baldwin that addresses race in America. Written as two letters composed for the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, the book combines personal reflection on Baldwin's early life in Harlem with an examination of racial injustice and its effects. The essays call on Americans of all races to confront the lasting legacy of racism. The New York Times Book Review characterized the work as combining sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle in prose style. The book became influential during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and continues to be read as a significant work on understanding race in America.

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Currently around #37K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller. Climbing the charts — 44% improvement recently.

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Currently 4.8★ from 12,890 reviews

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