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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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Taxes, Death And Trouble

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 26 2009, 2:11 PM ET Comment

It's something to see these old trailers. When I was young, brooding, and melodramatic, I use to tell people I wanted this played at my funeral. Now I feel guilty to have ever besmirched this classic with my self-absorption.




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