Hello Brooklyn

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Tomorrow I'm going to read from my book the Beautiful Struggle at the Brooklyn Book Festival. If you're in the area, come out and see me in 3-D, when I let the rhythm hit another MC. Alright, bad Rakim allusion. You get the picture. Please come out. For those who don't know about the book, it's a memoir of my time coming up in West Baltimore. Check the trailer below:

See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/09/hello-brooklyn/5863/

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/09/hello-brooklyn/5863/