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The Fire Next Time
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bookshelves: james-baldwin, 2024-readings, politics, american-literature, e-5, english-editions
Nov 01, 2024
bookshelves: james-baldwin, 2024-readings, politics, american-literature, e-5, english-editions
This small, powerful, and necessary book offers a window into a recent period in the United States and today's history. Its literary qualities, which are undeniable and profound, inspire public health reflections. Unfortunately, the issues James Baldwin addresses are still prevalent in today's American society, but his eloquent prose and insightful observations make this book a must-read.
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
Reading Progress
August 6, 2022
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August 6, 2022
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to-read
February 15, 2023
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next-to-read
June 11, 2023
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james-baldwin
November 1, 2024
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Started Reading
November 1, 2024
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20.22%
"(...) It will be hard, James, but you come from sturdy, peasant stock, men who picked cotton, dammed rivers, built railroads, and, in the teeth of the terrifying odds, achieved an unassailable and monumental dignity. You come from a long line of great poets, some of the greatest poets since Homer. (...)"
page
18
November 1, 2024
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51.69%
"(...) It is not too much to say that whoever wishes to become a truly moral human being (...) must first divorce himself from all the prohibitions, crimes, and hypocrisies of the Christian church. If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we get rid of Him."
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46
November 1, 2024
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80.9%
"'Anyway,' the boy said suddenly, after a very long silence, 'things won't ever again be the way they used to be. I know that.'
And so we arrived in enemy territory, and they set me down at the enemy's door."
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72
And so we arrived in enemy territory, and they set me down at the enemy's door."
November 1, 2024
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100.0%
"(...) If we (...) do not falter in our duty now, we may be able, the handful that we are, to end the racial nightmare, achieve our country, and change the history of the world. (...)"
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89
November 1, 2024
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2024-readings
November 1, 2024
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politics
November 1, 2024
– Shelved as:
american-literature
November 1, 2024
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e-5
November 1, 2024
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english-editions
November 1, 2024
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Finished Reading
