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Essential Read

The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin · 1963

Essays · ranked #2 in category

Two searing essays on race, faith and America; as urgent now as when they were written.

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The verdict

Category
Essays
First published
1963 · 1960s
Author
James Baldwin
Standing
Essential Read

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