
Nonfiction With Gorgeous and Immersive Prose
This Fire: The New Generation Talks About the Race Edited by Jesmyn Ward
Ward is the editor of this collection of essays that will be available for James Baldwin’s “The Fire” next time. It includes works by incredible authors such as Carol Anderson, Jericho Brown, Edwidge Danticut, Kevin Young, Claudia Rankin and Honoré Jeffers. Each choice includes the personal experiences of writers who look at different aspects of black identity, whether past, present or future, and often engage in Baldwin’s work. These essays are in a range of style, but they all feature incredible prose This time’s fire A book that is cherished, annotated, underlined and researched.
