{"product_id":"the-fire-this-time-randall-kenan-9781685890025","title":"The Fire This Time","description":"\"Kenan continues Baldwin's legendary tradition of 'telling it on the mountain' by giving a voice to the unvarnished truth.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Baldwin's \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the essential books of the sixties, and one of the most galvanizing statements of the American civil rights movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003c\/i\u003e, inspired by Baldwin, Kenan combines elements of memoir and commentary, casting a critical eye from his childhood to the present to observe that, while there have been dramatic advances since the sixties, some issues continue to bedevil us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting with W. E. B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King, Jr., Kenan expands the discussion to include many powerful Aamerican personalities, such as Oprah Winfrey, O. J. Simpson, Clarence Thomas, Rodney King, Sean \"Puffy\" Combs, George Foreman, and Barack Obama. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished to mark the forty-fifth anniversary of James Baldwin's epochal work, \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003c\/i\u003e is itself a piercing consideration of the times, and an impassioned call to transcend them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randall Kenan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685890024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685890025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Randall Kenan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44067697918207,"sku":"9781685890025","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0f8384f-0aa7-48bc-9cfa-99f81a0c7750.jpg?v=1685414799","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fire-this-time-randall-kenan-9781685890025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}