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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.

On The Run

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Oct 13 2009, 9:00 AM ET Comment

Sorry kids. It's a travel day. I'm going down to visit with the overlords in Chocolate City. I'll try to take in a Georgetown cocktail party while I'm there. The thread is now yours.

UPDATE:
I forgot I had one of those new fangled wireless cards. I'm blogging and from the train. And guys, I was joking about the cocktail party. To paraphrase the great Meth, I'm all straight shots from dirty glasses.


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