{"product_id":"the-fire-next-time","title":"The Fire Next Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescribed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle ... all presented in searing, brilliant prose,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a classic of literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Basically the finest essay I've ever read. . . . Baldwin refused to hold anyone's hand. He was both direct and beautiful all at once. He did not seem to write to convince you. He wrote beyond you.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- Ta-Nehisi Coates\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. 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. 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 by The New York Times Book Review as \"sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle...all presented in searing, brilliant prose,\" The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain, \u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Native Son \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time \u003c\/i\u003ewere bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in France in 1987, a year after being made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46709132624157,"sku":"9780679744726","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780679744726.jpg?v=1742139317","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-fire-next-time","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}