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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.
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A plug David Carr doesn't need

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 13 2008, 1:17 PM ET Comment

Very few people know this, but David Carr is arguably the biggest reason you are reading this blog right now. Some day, I'll tell you guys about that--it's not half as exciting as his book. Anyway, here he is on the Colbert Report. The kid cleans up well.




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