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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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Hello Brooklyn

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Sep 13 2008, 4:17 PM ET Comment

Tomorrow I'm going to read from my book the Beautiful Struggle at the Brooklyn Book Festival. If you're in the area, come out and see me in 3-D, when I let the rhythm hit another MC. Alright, bad Rakim allusion. You get the picture. Please come out. For those who don't know about the book, it's a memoir of my time coming up in West Baltimore. Check the trailer below:



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