Publication year 2016
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Grief, Justice
Tags Black Lives Matter, Creative Nonfiction, Race & Racism, World History, Social Justice, Politics & Government
The Fire This Time is a contemporary anthology responding to America’s turbulent racial climate. Jesmyn Ward, associate professor of English at Tulane University, edited the anthology. She has won numerous awards for her fiction writing, and in this book she seeks to present a collection of writing poetry from varied voices to illustrate the current moment and imagine a possible future. The book, which contains 14 essays and four poems, was published in 2016. In her... Read The Fire This Time Summary