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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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Packer on Alexander

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 21 2009, 2:30 PM ET Comment

I'm thinking he didn't like the piece:

As for the poet who had the impossible job of immediately following the new President, I'll leave it to you to judge.
I haven't said anything because it's going to be our poem on Friday, and I want to discuss it there. I will say this--I liked the piece quite a bit. And I have no idea why they put her after Obama. Seriously, only Lowery can follow with that sort of weight.


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