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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.

Writer Saying Things on Camera

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Feb 15 2012, 10:45 AM ET Comment

Here I am talking with Maria Hinojosa for her show One on One. The best thing about this interview is everything you can't see. Maria has the coolest production staff I've ever encountered. I even managed to get a baby-sitter out of the deal.

Anyway, here I am. Talking. Again.



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