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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.

When You Left, You Took All Of Me With You...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Mar 1 2010, 2:52 PM ET Comment

So we're mucking around trying to get this thing back to what it was. For those of you who've left in protest, I have so much I want to say and don't know how to say it.

I thought about doing a rap, a'la 70s soul ("Girl, you know I loved you from the day you registered for comments" or "You blockquotes just do something to a blogger.") But I thought better of it. Marvin does it better anyway. So on behalf of the magazine (If I may be so bold), this goes to you, you and you...



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