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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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Ding! Level 80!!

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 12 2009, 8:00 AM ET Comment

I hit it last night in Icecrown while trying to save the Argent Crusade dude infected with the plague. I expect now to be spending some time over at Arena Junkies. For the record, WoW is a lot more pleasant this time around. I think it has to do with joining a guild filled with people my age and older. I've yet to hear anyone call anyone a nubcake ("though I love that word"). I've yet to hear anyone tell another guildie, "Dude, that's so gay." Everything is so much more civilized. 

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