{"product_id":"fires-in-the-mirror-9780385470148","title":"Fires in the Mirror","description":"Derived from interviews with a wide range of people who experienced or observed New York's 1991 Crown Heights racial riots, \u003ci\u003eFires In The Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003ci\u003e. Fires in the \u003c\/i\u003eMirror 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\u003ci\u003e, Rashoman\u003c\/i\u003e-like documentary portrait of contemporary ethnic turmoil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-318711\"\u003eAnna Deavere Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385470148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385470142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA001010\"\u003eAmerican | African American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Deavere Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is an actor, a teacher, a playwright, and the creator of an acclaimed series of one-woman plays based on her interviews with diverse voices from communities in crisis. She has won two Obie Awards; two Tony nominations for her play \u003ci\u003eTwilight: Los Angeles, 1992\u003c\/i\u003e; and a MacArthur Fellowship. Smith was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her play \u003ci\u003eFires in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. She has worked in television on \u003ci\u003eThe Practice \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/i\u003e, and has had roles in the films\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The\u003ci\u003e American President\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Human Stain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. Smith is the founder and director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue and is a professor at New York University, with an appointment in the Tisch School of the Arts and an affiliation with the School of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914552402095,"sku":"9780385470148","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_dbb19413-3f2d-4ad8-a002-9f0439b0c370.jpg?v=1758826698","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/fires-in-the-mirror-9780385470148","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}