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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.

But God willing I'm coming back to you...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Feb 11 2009, 11:00 AM ET Comment

Folks,

I'm in the B-more\Chocolate City area promoting my memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Here's the schedule and a dope Mos Def song.

Today 2\11 I'm at Howard County Library.

Tomorrow 2\12 I'm out at the correctional facilities in Jessup. I really hope not to see any of you there. But who knows.

That same day, I'm at Enoch Pratt Free Library here in my hometown.

And on Friday 2\13, I'm at Vertigo Books in College Park, Md.

Hollla if you hear me.



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