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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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Dear Denver

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 6 2010, 3:34 PM ET Comment

I want you to know that I love you. I really do. This is not simply because it is 100 degrees in New York, right now. My flight is boarding, so I have to go. But I need you guys to know that you are adored. By me. We really need to get a room.

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