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The Fire Is upon Us
- James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America
- De: Nicholas Buccola
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 132
On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and America's most influential conservative intellectual. The topic was "the American dream is at the expense of the American Negro", and no one who has seen the debate can soon forget it. Nicholas Buccola's The Fire Is upon Us is the first book to tell the full story of the event.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sadly, the story is timeless.
- De Edward P. Cerne en 01-17-20
- The Fire Is upon Us
- James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America
- De: Nicholas Buccola
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
An extremely important book
Revisado: 07-01-22
I absolutely loved this book. To start, Nick does a wonderful job of weaving together the biographies of Baldwin and Buckley, creating a beautiful tapestry of their lives while interposing his brilliant analyses of their ideas and beliefs. But the icing on the cake is the sublime narration by Prentice Onayemi. Too often I will begin listening to an audiobook that I have to then delete because the narrator is too monotoned and bland, but Prentice has an almost seductive quality to his voice which brings that added layer of enjoyment to the book.
Finally, I would like to say that, having taken many of Nick’s classes, I can say that this book is wholeheartedly him and while it is Prentice who is talking, I can hear Nick’s voice throughout.
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