Between the World and Me

Name: Between the World and Me
Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates
ISBN: 9780812993547

National Book Award for Nonfiction · Winner NPR Books We Love · Recommendation The New York Times — 10 Best Books · Recommendation

A father addresses his son about race, bodily vulnerability, history, and life in the United States.

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Its intimate form sharpened a national conversation about structural racism.

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You appreciate personal essays with historical force.

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