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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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"Augusta"

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Mar 18 2010, 1:00 PM ET Comment

Most of you know Dwayne Betts from his guest-spots here. I don't know if you guys know that he's a poet, and a pretty incredible one. Anyway here he gets some love for his moving poem "Augusta." Check it out.

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