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    One Author's Primer on Being Black in America

    Ta-Nehisi Coates is a public intellectual who does not shy away from uncomfortable conversations. He's the author of Between the World and Me , and winner this year of the National Book Award for nonfiction. He's a national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine and a MacArthur fellow.

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 28, 2015 • 9m Listen

    Ta-Nehisi Coates is a public intellectual who does not shy away from uncomfortable conversations. He's the author of Between the World and Me, and winner this year of the National Book Award for nonfiction. He's a national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine and a MacArthur fellow. This fall he came to our studios in Santa Monica for a conversation.

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      Warren Olney

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