{"product_id":"james-baldwin-steve-schapiro-the-fire-next-time-9783836596992","title":"James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. the Fire Next Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1963, James Baldwin's \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/em\u003e stabbed at the heart of America's so-called \"Negro problem.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into a candid assault on the hypocrisy of the \"land of the free.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now, James Baldwin's rich, raw, and ever relevant prose is reprinted with \u003cstrong\u003emore than 100 photographs from Steve Schapiro\u003c\/strong\u003e, who traveled the American South with Baldwin for \u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. The encounter thrust Schapiro into the thick of the movement, allowing for vital, often iconic, images both of civil rights leaders--including \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRosa Parks\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eFred Shuttlesworth\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eJerome Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e--and such landmark events as the \u003cstrong\u003eMarch on Washington\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eSelma march\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rounding out the edition are Schapiro's stories from the field, captions by journalist \u003cstrong\u003eMarcia Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e, and an essay by \u003cstrong\u003eGloria Baldwin Karefa-Smart\u003c\/strong\u003e, who was with her brother James in Sierra Leone when he started to work on the story. The result is a remarkable visual and textual record of \u003cstrong\u003eone of the most important and enduring struggles of the American experience\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published as a TASCHEN Collector's Edition, now available in a pocket-sized Centennial Edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaldwin, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Baldwin\u003c\/strong\u003e (1924-1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, and one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era. His nonfiction collections, most notably \u003cem\u003eNotes of a Native Son\u003c\/em\u003e (1955) and \u003cem\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/em\u003e (1963), and novels, including \u003cem\u003eGiovanni'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003es Room\u003c\/em\u003e (1956) and \u003cem\u003eAnother Country \u003c\/em\u003e(1962), explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in mid-20th-century America. A Harlem, New York, native, he primarily made his home in the south of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchapiro, Steve:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteve Schapiro\u003c\/strong\u003e's career as a freelance photojournalist started with a story on Arkansas migrant workers that made the cover of the The New York Times Magazine in 1961. Since then, his images have appeared in \u003cem\u003eLife, Look, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other publications. In the 1970s, he began a second career as a successful publicity stills and movie poster photographer, working on classic films such as \u003cem\u003eTaxi Driver, The Way We Were\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/em\u003e--which can be seen in \u003cem\u003eThe Godfather Family Album \u003c\/em\u003e(TASCHEN, 2008). In 2016, he collaborated with Lawrence Schiller on a Barbra Streisand book (TASCHEN) and in 2017, his Civil Rights photographs were combined with the text of James Baldwin in \u003cem\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/em\u003e (TASCHEN). He died in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878136713490,"sku":"9783836596992","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3fe34cd6-0a58-43aa-b23c-e694696e7024.jpg?v=1754898830","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/james-baldwin-steve-schapiro-the-fire-next-time-9783836596992","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}