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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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To Step Back And Kiss Myself

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 27 2009, 11:00 AM ET Comment

The Kennedy Center is giving Bill Cosby an award. This seems like a fine time to go on about how awesome I am. But I'm too lazy. I guess this link will have to do.

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