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ESSAYS & MEMOIR

The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin · 1963

★★★★★ 5/5 · ALLO'S PICK
Two essays — a letter to his nephew and a meditation on race, religion, and identity in America. Baldwin's most concentrated and fierce. Written in 1963, reads like it was written today.
Allo's take
The most clarifying thing written about race in America. Baldwin's sentences are the most controlled fury in the language. Read it in a sitting.
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