Ta-Nehisi is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. He is also the current author of the Marvel comics The Black Panther and Captain America. Carter Journalism Institute. He is the author of the bestselling books The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, and Between the World And Me, which won the National Book Award in 2015. Ta-Nehisi Coates is a distinguished writer in residence at NYU’s Arthur L. And so, the first thing I would say is write for yourselves.” – Ta-Nehisi Coates I come to art to see the person express something that’s deep, deep inside and being pulled out and rendered in some kind of beautiful fashion. “I don’t want to bear witness to art that is solicitous of me. In this discussion, recorded in front of a live audience in Portland, Oregon, Coates speaks about America’s cultural history and its role in our current sociopolitical climate, as well as his own career and his process of writing this book. The Water Dancer explores the story of Hiram Walker, a gifted young man born into bondage on a plantation in the American South. History, he understood, does not exist to comfort us.Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Book Award-winning author of bestselling nonfiction titles Between the World and Me, The Beautiful Struggle, and We Were Eight Years in Power, shares from and discusses his debut novel, The Water Dancer, with fellow writer Renée Watson. Writers-particularly American writers-constantly feel the pull of soulutionism, the desire to assure their readers that there is a way out, even when there isn’t. Postwarby Tony Judt “A book that deeply informs my journalist sense. This book gets so much out of what is, ultimately, a rather slim story. Thompson & Florence Welch) “I’m a sucker for efficiency. Scott Fitzgerald (also rec’d by David Bowie, Haruki Murakami, Hunter S. Find his top ten below, and complement with the reading lists of Roxane Gay, Trevor Noah, and Alice Walker. In a list of his ten favorite books for NY-based bookstore One Grand, Coates included work on history, poetry, social status and soul music.
His debut novel The Water Dancer was released late last year to instant critical acclaim, and selected first pick for the revival of Oprah’s Book Club. Together with his formidable nonfiction books – including the #1 NYT bestseller Between the World and Me – Coates has emerged as a vital voice on race in America. Over his decade of work as a journalist, senior editor and national correspondent for The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates gained a dedicated readership for his writings on culture, politics, and social issues.
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