The Fire Next TimeBy: James Baldwin Series: Penguin Modern Classics 'Sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle all presented in searing, brilliant prose' The New York Times Book Review We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the