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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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How to talk to your woman

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Sep 19 2008, 12:44 PM ET Comment

If you want her to kill you. Seriously, I love this technique:

Girl: Where have you been this past week?

Boy: Yeah, weeks are formed by days. And days are formed by hours, which are formed by seconds. I've said this all along. Were you not clear?




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