A reader writes:
Not sure how often you get these emails, but I wanted to let you know that I had a dream that we were roommates last night. After you moved in, some woman came by and dropped off a lifetime's supply of cornflakes in for you. As happy as I was about having an endless supply of cornflakes to mooch, I was concerned about how we were going to keep them away from the mice that currently reside in my apartment.
Even the fan-mail is surreal.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.