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{{Short description|Nonfiction book about 1960s US history}}
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| name              = Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s
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| alt               = Book cover for 'Generation on Fire'', depicting young adults and police officers
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| author            = Jeff Kisseloff
| subject           = 1960s U.S. History
| genre             = Oral history
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| publisher         = [[University of Kentucky Press]]
| pub_date          = December 29, 2006
| media_type        = Hardcover, ebook 
| isbn              = 9780813124162
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'''''Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s, An Oral History''''' by Jeff Kisseloff is a nonfiction collection of oral histories from 1960s activists and [[counterculture]] figures, published in 2006 by [[University of Kentucky Press]]. 

==Background==
Jeff Kisseloff is a journalist and oral historian who before publishing this book, had previously published two other oral histories.<ref name="Scott 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Scott |first1=Amy |title=GENERATION ON FIRE: Voices of Protest from the 1960s by Jeff Kisseloff |journal=[[American Studies (journal)|American Studies]] |date=Winter 2007 |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=179-180 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40644138 |access-date=11 April 2022|via=JSTOR}}</ref><ref name="Morgan 2009">{{cite journal |last1=Morgan |first1=Eric J. |title=Reviewed Work: Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s: An Oral History by Jeff Kisseloff |journal=Material Culture |date=Fall 2009 |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=89-91 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29764542 |access-date=12 April 2022|via=JSTOR}}</ref> During the 1960s, he was too young to directly participate in anti-segregation and antiwar protests.<ref name="Schrag 2008">{{cite journal |last1=Schrag |first1=Zachary M. |title=Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s: An Oral History |date=2008 |volume=35 |issue=2|journal=The Oral History Review |doi=10.1093/ohr/ohn046|via=Taylor & Francis Online}}</ref> He began this project with a focus on the history of [[Rock and roll|rock 'n roll]] but was drawn to the descriptions of activism in the interviews and began asking about political views.<ref name="Gale Lit 2007">{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=November 29, 2007 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000175732/BIC |access-date=12 April 2022 |chapter=Jeff Kisseloff}}</ref> He then lost his agent and his next agents had difficulties finding a publisher, but ultimately the book was published by [[University of Kentucky Press]].<ref name="Gale Lit 2007"/> Kisseloff describes the book as "a tribute to those Americans who stood up and said no to war, greed, racism, sexism, homophobia, pollution, censorship, lame music, and bad haircuts".<ref name="Scott 2007"/><ref name="Schrag 2008"/>

==Overview==
The book is based on fifteen interviews with a variety of activists and figures from the 1960s, including [[Bernard Lafayette]], [[Daniel Berrigan]], [[Bob Zellner]], [[Paul Krassner]], [[Frank Kameny]], [[Elsa Marley Skylark]], [[Peter Berg (bioregionalist)|Peter Berg]], [[Verandah Porche]], [[Gloria Richardson|Gloria Richardson Dandridge]], [[David Cline (activist)|David Cline]], [[Lee Weiner]], [[Marilyn Salzman Webb]], and a joint interview with the mother and boyfriend of [[Allison Krause]].<ref name="Schrag 2008"/><ref name="Scott 2007"/><ref name="Hoefferle 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Hoefferle |first1=Caroline |title=Reviewed Work: Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s, an Oral History by Jeff Kisseloff |journal=[[Kentucky_Historical_Society#The_Register|The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society]] |date=Autumn 2007 |volume=105 |issue=4 |pages=765-767 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23387309 |access-date=12 April 2022 |publisher=[[Kentucky Historical Society]]|via=JSTOR}}</ref><ref name="Bush 2006">{{cite journal |last1=Bush |first1=Vanessa |title=Kisseloff, Jeff. Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s |journal=[[Booklist]] |date=October 1, 2006 |volume=103 |issue=3 |publisher=[[ American Library Association]]|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A152935485/AONE|access-date=12 April 2022|via=Gale}}</ref> 

Each chapter begins with an essay about the interview subject along with photographs, and each oral history is written in a narrative format without the interview questions included.<ref name="Schrag 2008"/><ref name="Bush 2006"/>

==Critical reception==
In a review for ''[[American Studies (journal)|American Studies]]'', Amy Scott anaylzes the usefulness of the work for instructors, writing, "Interviews with Lafayette, Zellner, and Richardson Dandridge provide numerous examples of how Civil Rights activists endured brutal beatings and risked death to render racial injustice visible, thereby altering the perceptions of activists, white segregationists, and bystanders who witnessed movement activities."<ref name="Scott 2007"/> Ray Schuck writes in a review for ''[[The Journal of Popular Culture]]'', "When Gloria Richardson mentions how she and others put red pepper on their legs to deter attack dogs, you understand the enormity of the struggle for equality" and that the book "should have a spot reserved on the bookshelves of all who want never to forget the price paid for freedom and equality in America."<ref name="Schuck 2008">{{cite journal |last1=Schuck |first1=Ray |title=Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s, an Oral History |journal=[[The Journal of Popular Culture]] |date=October 2008 |volume=41 |issue=5 |page=903|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>
 
In ''The Oral History Review'', Zachary M. Schrag writes "it seems not to have occurred to him that conservatives of the era also fought for what they believed was right" and states the lack of interviews with opposing sides "missed the chance to draw parallels between clashing worldviews."<ref name="Schrag 2008"/> Eric J. Morgan, in ''Material Culture'', also asks, "Where, for example, are the forces of [[Barry Goldwater]], the influence of [[Phyllis Schlafly]], or the rise of the [[Christian right|Christian Right]]?"<ref name="Morgan 2009" /> Morgan also describes the collection, despite "some glaring and obviously biased omissions", as "a fine collection of remembrances from one of the most contentious eras in American history."<ref name="Morgan 2009" />

In a review for ''[[Kentucky_Historical_Society#The_Register|The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society]]'', Caroline Hoefferle describes the book as "ideal" for high school and undergraduate history students, and states, "Kisseloff's approach of writing the stories from the perspective of the interviewee may be a little problematic in terms of teaching students how to analyze primary sources, but a short discussion of his journalistic methodology may clear this issue up and make the chapters useful nonetheless."<ref name="Hoefferle 2007"/> In a review for [[H-Net]], James Eichsteadt extends praise to Kisseloff for the development of the oral histories, including the interview questions chosen and the editing afterwards: "the fact that each interview reads so effortlessly, entertainingly, and with such authenticity is a testament not only to the storytelling abilities of the interviewees, but to Kisseloff's behind-the-scenes work in shaping the final product."<ref name="Eichsteadt 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Eichsteadt |first1=James |title=Jeff Kisseloff. Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s--An Oral History. |journal=[[H-Net]] |date=August 2007 |url=https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=13506 |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' writes, "While Kisseloff's clumsy introductions to each entry may err on the side of campy, the testimonies themselves more than make up for it in substance and spirit."<ref name="PW 2006">{{cite news |title=Generation on Fire: Voices of Protest from the 1960s, an Oral History |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8131-2416-2 |access-date=12 April 2022 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=October 1, 2006}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://archives.nypl.org/mss/6399 Jeff Kisseloff oral history interviews 1986-2000] ([[New York Public Library]])

[[Category:2006 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:American history books]]
[[Category:Oral history books]]
[[Category:American anthologies]]
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