Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an acclaimed American author and journalist known for his insightful explorations of race, social injustice, and African-American history.
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The Fire Next Time
Basically the finest essay I've ever read. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
James Baldwin
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Battle Cry of Freedom
The definitive history of the Civil War. One of the greatest works of history I've ever read and arguably the best one volume history in existence. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
James M. McPherson
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The Thirty Years War
God, I love this book. It's the history of an utterly depressing war with no real nobility, that ultimately descends into cannibalism. Right up my alley. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
C. V. Wedgwood
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Sweet Soul Music
History of soul music, told in profiles. I read this is as young man really trying to understand what journalism and history meant. Spent a lot of time meditating on Sam and Dave after this one. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Peter Guralnick
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The Country Between Us
Another book of poetry that taught me what the form was. [The author] has a beautiful sense of rhythm. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Carolyn Forche
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Neon Vernacular
Probably my favorite living poet. No on else taught me more about how important it was to think about how words make people feel. It's not enough for people to know something is true. They have to feel it's true. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Yusef Komunyakaa
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The Age of Innocence
Again, I like this book for its willingness to embrace the tragic. No happy endings. The book is a defense of elitism, something I guess I oppose. But I found it credible, here. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Edith Wharton
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The Waterworks
What a strange and beautiful book. The story of a postbellum American newspaper editor investigating the undead. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
E.L. Doctorow
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Postwar
[The author understood history] does not exist to comfort us. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Tony Judt
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The Great Gatsby
I'm a sucker for efficiency. This book gets so much out of what is, ultimately, a rather slim story. I adore it. - Ta-Nehisi Coates
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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