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In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most famous pieces: James Baldwin’s 1962 “Letter to My Nephew,” which was later published in his landmark book, The Fire Next Time. Addressing his fifteen-year-old namesake on the one hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Baldwin wrote: “You know and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon.”

Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward knows that Baldwin’s words ring as true as ever today. In her new collection The Fire This Time, she has gathered short essays, memoir, and a few essential poems to engage the contemporary question of race in the United States.

In the Strand Rare Book Room, contributing writers Mitchell Jackson, Daniel Jose Older, Garnette Cadogan, and Emily Raboteau excavate the darkest corners of our history, wrestle with our current predicament, and envision a better future. Writer and activist Shaun King moderates the conversation, with introductory remarks by Elizabeth Howard of the peace activism organization WOVEN (We Oppose Violence Everywhere Now.)

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August 8, 2016