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Fires in the Mirror

By Anna Deavere Smith

By Anna Deavere Smith

By Anna Deavere Smith
Foreword by Cornel West

By Anna Deavere Smith
Foreword by Cornel West

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Category: Nonfiction

Category: Nonfiction

Paperback $17.00

Sep 01, 1993 | ISBN 9780385470148

Ebook $13.99

Jan 21, 2015 | ISBN 9781101911297

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    About Fires in the Mirror

    Derived from interviews with a wide range of  people who experienced or observed New York’s 1991  Crown Heights racial riots, Fires In The  Mirror is as distinguished a work of  commentary on black-white tensions as it is a  work of drama.  In August 1991 simmering tensions in the racially polarized Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood of Crown Heights exploded into riots after a black boy was killed by a car in a rabbi’s motorcade and a Jewish student was slain by blacks in retaliation.  Fires in the Mirror is dramatist Anna Deavere Smith’s stunning exploration of the events and emotions leading up to and following the Crown Heights conflict.  Through her portrayals of more than two dozen Crown eights adversaries, victims, and eyewitnesses, using verbatim excerpts from their observations derived from interviews she conducted, Smith provides a brilliant, Rashoman-like documentary portrait of contemporary ethnic turmoil.

    About Fires in the Mirror

    Derived from interviews with a wide range of  people who experienced or observed New York’s 1991  Crown Heights racial riots, Fires In The  Mirror is as distinguished a work of  commentary on black-white tensions as it is a  work of drama.  In August 1991 simmering tensions in the racially polarized Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood of Crown Heights exploded into riots after a black boy was killed by a car in a rabbi’s motorcade and a Jewish student was slain by blacks in retaliation.  Fires in the Mirror is dramatist Anna Deavere Smith’s stunning exploration of the events and emotions leading up to and following the Crown Heights conflict.  Through her portrayals of more than two dozen Crown eights adversaries, victims, and eyewitnesses, using verbatim excerpts from their observations derived from interviews she conducted, Smith provides a brilliant, Rashoman-like documentary portrait of contemporary ethnic turmoil.

    Also by Anna Deavere Smith

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    Also by Anna Deavere Smith

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    Letters to a Young Artist
    House Arrest and Piano
    Talk to Me
    Twilight
    See all books by Anna Deavere Smith

    About Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, teacher, playwright, and the creator of the acclaimed On the Road series of one-woman plays, which are based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal from… More about Anna Deavere Smith

    About Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith is an actress, teacher, playwright, and the creator of the acclaimed On the Road series of one-woman plays, which are based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal from… More about Anna Deavere Smith

    Product Details

    Category: Nonfiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Anchor
    Sep 01, 1993 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385470148

    Category: Nonfiction

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 21, 2015 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9781101911297
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