![]() The main themes in The Fire Next Time are race relations, religion, and the American dream. ![]() « My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation » is Baldwin’s message to his namesake about the importance of love in the quest for racial equality. What is Baldwin’s message in my dungeon shook? No more water, the fire next time!” meaning that, if we do not adhere to change, we will burn in a biblical apocalypse. He concludes with the line “God gave Noah the rainbow sign. Tejan was an inspiration for Baldwin’s only children’s book Little Man, Little Man. ![]() James Baldwin sits with his nephew Tejan Karefa-Smart.
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