Common Read 2021: The Fire This Time

A guide to provide context and support for Mt. Holyoke's 2021 Common Read

Reviews of The Fire This Time

The Fire This Time has received much acclaim and many positive reviews. Here is a sampling:

"Catching Up to James Baldwin by Darryl Pinckney
Publication Date: 5/27/2017
Review of The Fire This Time in the New York Review of Books
"Inspired by James Baldwin, in a Racial Struggle with No End" by Dwight Garner
Publication Date: 8/17/2016
Review of The Fire This Time in the New York Times
"Innocence as Crime: The Myth of an Egalitarian, Post-Racial America by Ladee Hubbard
Publication Date: 10/25/2018
Review of The Fire This Time in the Times Literary Supplement (UK)