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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.

Jane Returns

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
May 16 2011, 1:00 PM ET Comment

Virtually everyone of my generation whom I respect loved Jane. Regrettably, when the magazine was alive, I never took the time to find out why. Here's something new from Jane Pratt. I want to know what you think. 



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