"Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?
Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward."-- Provided by Amazon
"Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?
Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward."-- Provided by Amazon
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Nonfiction examining contemporary American race relations, systemic inequality, and political discourse gained widespread national visibility with the publication of Between the World and Me. Written by author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates as a personal letter to his teenage son, the book won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction and established a landmark entry in modern socio-political writing.
Born on September 30, 1975, in Baltimore, Maryland, Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates built an influential career in journalism, serving as a national correspondent for The Atlantic where his prominent essays brought critical attention to systemic injustice. In addition to earning a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015 and a National Magazine Award, Coates expanded his creative reach into comic books, writing Marvel's The Black Panther series beginning in 2016. He has served as a distinguished writer in residence at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and held the Sterling Brown endowed chair at Howard University. Coates resides in New York with his wife and son.
Coates is known for blending personal narrative, historical scholarship, and social commentary without relying on polemic rhetoric. His writing frequently addresses racial identity, urban policing, systemic racial bias, and power structures, subtly linking historical events to the lived realities of contemporary individuals. Whether crafting memoirs, long-form journalism, or speculative fiction such as The Water Dancer, Coates maintains a measured and reflective prose style that prompts readers to interrogate American history.
2 books in catalog
Nonfiction examining contemporary American race relations, systemic inequality, and political discourse gained widespread national visibility with the publication of Between the World and Me. Written by author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates as a personal letter to his teenage son, the book won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction and established a landmark entry in modern socio-political writing.
Born on September 30, 1975, in Baltimore, Maryland, Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates built an influential career in journalism, serving as a national correspondent for The Atlantic where his prominent essays brought critical attention to systemic injustice. In addition to earning a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015 and a National Magazine Award, Coates expanded his creative reach into comic books, writing Marvel's The Black Panther series beginning in 2016. He has served as a distinguished writer in residence at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and held the Sterling Brown endowed chair at Howard University. Coates resides in New York with his wife and son.
Coates is known for blending personal narrative, historical scholarship, and social commentary without relying on polemic rhetoric. His writing frequently addresses racial identity, urban policing, systemic racial bias, and power structures, subtly linking historical events to the lived realities of contemporary individuals. Whether crafting memoirs, long-form journalism, or speculative fiction such as The Water Dancer, Coates maintains a measured and reflective prose style that prompts readers to interrogate American history.
