The Fire Next Time -- James Baldwin, Hardcover

At once a powerful evocation of his childhood in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time, which galvanized the nation in the early days of the Civil Rights movement, stands as one of the essential works of our literature. (Vintage)February

Author: James Baldwin
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 07/06/2021
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.52h x 4.94w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780679601517

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.1
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 71298 / Fire Next Time


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/1999 pg. 1025

About the Author
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, was published in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved in order 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.