Book · 1962 · Race relations
The fire next time
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The next one just because I reread it and felt it was indispensable and invaluable and has not been surpassed for its clarity of seeing combined with an absolute commitment to affection for our fellow human beings.
What they say about it
- Inspiration for other books“an inspiration for tanahi coats's Memoir”2
The best things said about it
The third book is The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.
That is where he wrote the highly politicized The Fire Next Time.
James Baldwins the fire next time was sort of an inspiration for tanahi coats's Memoir between the world and me.
I originally read The Fire Next Time in...
That book sort of sent Baldwin to the height of literary fame.
Where and when it comes up
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8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin is a searing and brilliant collection of essays examining race, religion, and American identity through letters and personal reflection. On The Book Review, John Williams and Jenny Schusler discussed how Baldwin's powerful book served as an essential inspiration and model for Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me. Barry Jenkins shared on the same program that he first encountered the book during his undergraduate years following a relationship breakup, recognizing it retrospectively as a push to grow emotionally. Nicholas Boggs also appeared on The Book Review to highlight the historical context of where Baldwin lived abroad while writing this intensely politicized work. On The Ezra Klein Show, Amjad Iraqi recommended the book, explaining that its profound exploration of racism deeply mirrors the realities and experiences of Palestinians. Jane Hirschfield similarly praised Baldwin's work on the podcast, selecting it as an indispensable and invaluable final recommendation driven by an absolute commitment to human affection and clear-sighted vision. Finally, Dr. Peniel Joseph on The Daily Stoic noted that Baldwin's writings provide an enduring and crucial paradigm for racial reconciliation by confronting the original sin of slavery.
Every mention
John Williams I'm reading the fire next time by James Baldwin and I read save me the plums by Ruth reel 2
“and the one that I'm going to talk about this week is James Baldwin's the fire next time which a lot of people have been talking about for not just the the past couple of months in America but also since tanasi coats I think sort of modeled his book between the world and me after part of this book”
“I'm reading the fire next time by James Baldwin and I read save me the plums by Ruth reel”
Amjad Iraqi and the third book uh is the fire next time by James Baldwin 1
“and the third book uh is the fire next time by James Baldwin”
Jane Hirschfield the next one just because I reread it and felt it was indispensable and invaluable and has not been surpass… 1
“the next one just because I reread it and felt it was indispensable and invaluable and has not been surpassed for its Clarity of seeing combined with an absolute commitment to affection for our fellow human beings James Baldwin the fire next time”
Barry Jenkins yeah I first encountered Baldwin as an undergrad a friend or actually a woman who I had been dating kind of… 1
“yeah I first encountered Baldwin as an undergrad a friend or actually a woman who I had been dating kind of in the process of breaking up with me recommended that I read James Baldwin which I realize now was about her telling me I need to do some growing and so I originally read the fire next time in”
Dr. Peniel Joseph and certainly Jimmy Baldwin's the fire this time really puts out a huge I think still um unbelievably impor… 1
“and certainly Jimmy Baldwin's the fire this time really puts out a huge I think still um unbelievably important paradigm for reconciliation”
Jennifer Schuessler James Baldwins the fire next time was sort of an inspiration for tanahi coats's Memoir between the world an… 1
“James Baldwins the fire next time was sort of an inspiration for tanahi coats's Memoir between the world and me”
Nicholas Boggs That is where he finished Another Country. That is where he wrote the highly politicized The Fire Next Time. 1
“That is where he finished Another Country. That is where he wrote the highly politicized The Fire Next Time.”
Nicholas Buccola and in 1963 the next time is published and that's that's really a book that I mean Baldwin star was already… 1
“and in 1963 the next time is published and that's that's really a book that I mean Baldwin star was already ascending but that that book sort of sent Baldwin to the height of literary Fame”