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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.

Only built for elvish linx

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Aug 8 2008, 4:00 PM ET Comment

I unfold the scroll, plant seeds to stampede the globe

--Nas

So you may not see me for awhile guys. What you see below is the contents of a package I received yesterday. I've been blogging about my decision to teach my kid D&D. Well the moment is here. I've been going through all the old rule-books and stuff--this has to be the most complicated "game" ever invented. It's more like a guide to acting or something. I had forgotten how hard it was to be a dungeon-master. Nevertheless, if you want your kid to be an actor/writer/director I really can't think of a better start. I swear I am gonna start a movement to get kids here in Harlem playing table-top role-playing game. It's a great time-killer and it really builds on imagination and abstract reasoning skills. I'll let you guys know how it goes.



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