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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Author/Blogger
Ta-Nehisi Coates (born 1975, Baltimore, Maryland) is a senior editor for The Atlantic and blogs on its website. Coates has worked for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, and Time. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, O, and other publications. In 2008 he published a memoir, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood. Coates attended Howard University and currently resides in Harlem with his partner and son.
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Blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Tweeting and hard writing.
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Coates tends to be much more narrative-driven when writing long-form pieces, whereas blog posts are more casual—almost like bar talk.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on the power of the pen/typewriter/keyboard.
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The counter-narratives written by black historians and social scientists helped Coates to understand his identity.
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Atlantic blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates on hip hop as haiku.
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The blogger dissects the impact of crack on African-Americans.