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Short Answer
1. What was Jesmyn Ward’s likely vision for The Fire This Time? Speculate about Ward’s purpose in facilitating this book. What messages did she likely hope it would communicate to contemporary America?
Teaching Suggestion: It may be helpful to provide students with a brief overview of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time in order to provide students with enough context to understand Ward’s model and inspiration. After investigating Ward’s purpose and intentions with the book based on this interview or a similar resource, students might discuss how Ward conveyed this intention to the writers who contributed to the anthology.
2. One of the book’s main themes is Grief: A Private Pain, A Public Protest.
By Jesmyn Ward
Let Us Descend
Let Us Descend
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Men We Reaped
Men We Reaped
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Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing
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Where the Line Bleeds
Where the Line Bleeds
Jesmyn Ward