The Fire This Time (book)

The Fire This Time
First edition
EditorJesmyn Ward
LanguageEnglish
GenreEssays, poetry
PublisherScribner
Publication date
August 2, 2016
Publication placeUnited States
Pages288

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race is an essay and poetry collection edited by the American author Jesmyn Ward and published by Scribner in 2016. The title, The Fire This Time, alludes to James Baldwin's seminal 1963 text, The Fire Next Time.[1]

  1. ^ NPR Staff (August 2, 2016). "'The Fire This Time': A New Generation Of Writers On Race In America". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved 18 December 2016.