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Between The World And Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Writer, journalist, and MacArthur Award winner, Ta-Nehisi Coates published his second book Between the World And Me in 2015, which is written in a form of a letter to his son. Coates discusses the violence African Americans have suffered due to institutional racism and shares how Prince's death is one of the inspirations for the book.
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Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States” (The New York Observer)
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER | NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER | PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST | NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST | NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • New York • Newsday • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly
Annys Shin
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Between the World And Me
HBO Documentary
Directed by Kamilah Forbes
Alexis Soloski
​'Between the World And Me' From Pages to Stage to Screen