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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

The Beautiful Struggle Is Out

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
May 6 2008, 7:57 AM ET Comment

So my book finally hits stores today. Hooray me. Anyway, there's an excerpt from it running over at The Root. Props to them. The book is basically a memoir of my time growing up in West Baltimore with my older brother and my Vietnam vet/Black Panther father. I think I can truthfully say, it's a pretty good book. I'll try to keep you guys informed about readings and such, without completely turning this blog into a device strictly for hawking my wares.



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