Titled in honor of James Baldwin’s revered book, “The Fire This Time” shares the stories of African Americans in our current generation. The book is edited by Jesmyn Ward, famed author of “Salvage The Bones” and “Men We Reaped.” It is a perfectly developed anthology of essays and poetry written by a collection of genuine awe-spirited African American authors.
The book includes the work of Carol Anderson, Jericho Brown, Garnette Cadogan, Edwidge Danticat, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Mitchell S. Jackson, Honoree Fanoone Jeffers, Kima Jones, Kiese Laymon, Daniel Jose Older, Emily Raboteau, Claudia Rankine, Clint Smith, Natasha Trethewey, Wendy S. Walters, Isabel Wilkerson, and Kevin Young.
The collection debuted 50 years after James Baldwin’s, The Fire Next Time, bringing to light a new generation of voices that need to hear. Every piece in the anthology had so much power to it, I highly recommend this read to everyone. These voices deserved to be heard.