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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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By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nov 11 2009, 1:57 PM ET Comment

I'm a year late, but I'm listening to this Scarlett Johansson album. So weird to hear her doing Tom Waits. Anyway, I got taken in by Dave Sitek's production. Anyone else heard this? I'm just forming an opinion as I'm only halfway through my first solid listening. I like the music. I'm very undecided about her voice. I keep compering her to Karen O...

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