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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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Open Thread At Noon

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 8 2009, 12:31 PM ET Comment

Sorry for the paucity of content guys. I spent all morning working on that Ivy League post. And I've spent most of the week turning it over in my head. This is how the sausage gets made.

This thread is yours.

Oh one more thing. I'm so proud that my baby got in Columbia. She is tired of me saying this. I will not stop. She can not make me stop. I will never stop.


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