Summary
An homage to James Baldwin’s seminal 1963 book looks at how far racial justice has progressed since then - and how it hasn’t.
“Kenan continues Baldwin’s legendary tradition of ‘telling it on the mountain’ by giving a voice to the unvarnished truth.” - The San Francisco Chronicle
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time was one of the essential books of the sixties, and one of the most galvanizing statements of the American civil rights movement.
In The Fire This Time, inspir…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781685890025 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1685890024 |
| Author: | Randall Kenan |
| Publisher: | Melville House Publishing |
| Imprint: | Melville House Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 182mm |
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Critics Review
“An inventive writer who shows great promise… Kenan continues Baldwin’s legendary tradition of ‘telling it on the mountain’ by giving a voice to the unvarnished truth about blacks.”
—The San Francisco Chronicle
“Kenan demands attention. He often seems to speak rather than to write: one feels more a listener than a reader, drawing a chair up to his fire.”
—The Observer
“A talented young novelist and short-story writer… What makes Kenan…so unusual is his willingness to look beyond the usual places.”
—The New York Times
“Kenan [presents] a magnificent panoramic view of what it means to be human, filled with insight and wisdom and provocation, cause for hope and celebration.”
—The Times-Picayune
Randall Kenan
Randall Kenan (1963-2020) was the author of:
- James Baldwin: American Writer (biography)
- Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the 21st Century (oral histories)
- A Visitation of Spirits (novel)
- Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (short story collection)
His last work of fiction, If I Had Two Wings, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His career was honored with numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, the Sherwood Anderson Award, the John Dos Passos Award, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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