The Fire Next Time

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The book that galvanized the nation, gave voice to the emerging civil rights movementin the 1960sand still lights the way to understanding race in America today. “The finest essay Ive ever read. Ta-Nehisi Coates

At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author ofIf Beale Street Could TalkandGo Tell It on the Mountain.It consists of two “letters,” written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism.

Described byThe New York Times Book Reviewas “sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle all presented in searing, brilliant prose,”The Fire Next Timestands as a classic of literature.