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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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In the Beginning There Was Jack

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jun 22 2010, 10:00 AM ET Comment

Between Jelani pushing house last week, and me reflecting on my Baltimore days, I'm getting nostalgic. Which is appropriate. I kind of hated house coming up. But I was an idiot. This is the advantage of age. You become less of an idiot. That is if you're doing it right.



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