Not to be totally selfish, but this is the benefit of community. A gentleman e-mailed me a while back saying he was basically collecting all the writing I'd done on the Civil War. He finished. I know a lot of folks have been asking about this. Here it is. Frankly, I didn't realize it was this much.
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. 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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Cheating on Your Spouse Is Bad; Divorcing Your Spouse Is Not
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The Amazing David Beckham Goal That Sent England to the 2002 World Cup
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