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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.

Random post of the week: WTF Zooey Deschanel can sing?!?!

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jun 17 2008, 7:36 AM ET Comment

Yeah, I'm a reformed nerd so you'd think I'd be really into Zooey Deschanel, and maybe I will be after I rock this album a few more times. Anyway, this morning, in between writing stints, I was scrolling through emusic, checking out some of the recommendations from the music thread below. Somehow I winded up listening to this album by this group She & Him. Liked what I heard, and downloaded. So I'm listening thinking, Man this chick can blow, lemme do some research. Turns out she's Zooey Deschnal! Sorry, I'm kind of sick of actors trying to sing, especially when they haven't mastered acting. Anyway, I don't know how I feel about the album--I'm still straight of the Juice Crew and the Bomb Squad--but even a formerly troubled black youth, like me, can see that it's a game attempt. Here's the standout track



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