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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.

The Week

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Feb 15 2010, 8:13 AM ET Comment

Folks I'm haunting the midwest for much of this week (Evanston, Chicago etc.) So I've imported the fam to help out. I'll leave the intros to them. Some of them you know well. (Alyssa Rosenberg, Dwayne Betts, Adam Serwer.) Some of them you may remember from this summer. (Neil Drumming.) And some are new (Evan Narcisse.)

Hijinx will ensue. Treat them well. Remember, it's always your dinner party, never your lunch period.


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