Coates, The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Temptations of Narrative
Few writers have seemed as aware of the hazards of professional opinion-mongering as Ta-Nehisi Coates. “Columns are where great journalists go to die,” he once wrote. “Unmoored from the rigors of actually making calls and expending shoe leather,
In ‘The Message,’ Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the stories that fuel bigotry
Coates’s latest, a travelogue and a meditation on aesthetics and politics, is not dramatic enough to be as provocative as its loudest critics have claimed.
'I'm a little stunned': Ta-Nehisi Coates responds to sharp backlash to 'The Message'
Acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates has been on an unusual and controversial book tour. He has received significant media backlash for "The Message," a new collection of essays which include his reflections on a trip to the West Bank.
Review: In 'The Message,' Ta-Nehisi Coates seeks a kind of corrective redemption
The Message” recalls the spirit of Baldwin as Ta-Nehisi Coates places himself in foreign surroundings to gain a better understanding of himself and the world.
Ta-Nehisi Coates: American culture ‘complicit’ in dehumanizing Palestinians
Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of the new book “The Message,” discusses his experiences visiting the Middle East, Africa and South Carolina. Each place reinforces in Coates the power of storytelling, and the responsibility of writers to plainly identify and contextualize systems of injustice wherever they appear.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the backlash from “The Message”
Acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates has been on an unusual and controversial book tour. He has received significant media backlash for "The Message," a new collection of essays which include his reflections on a trip to the West Bank.
Ta-Nehisi Coates brings his ‘Message’ to the Apollo
You wonder how author Ta-Nehisi Coates felt sitting on the stage of the Apollo Theater fielding questions from journalist Ayman Mohyeldin.
Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how oppression can breed oppression in 'The Message'
In his first nonfiction book in a decade, Coates reflects on what he learned while visiting three different places: Senegal, South Carolina and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The growing controversy around a CBS interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates
CBS executives rebuked one of the network's hosts, Tony DoKoupil, saying that an interview he conducted with author Ta-Nehisi Coates failed to meet editorial standards. The interview, centered on Coates' new book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
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Book Review: Ta-Nehisi Coates visits Senegal, South Carolina and the Middle East for ‘The Message’
Ta-Nehisi Coates returns with a slim volume of three essays called “The Message.” Based on trips he took to Senegal, South ...
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‘I Just Don’t Want to Hear’ It: Ta-Nehisi Coates Tells Ezra Klein Why He Didn’t Speak to Mainstream Israelis For Book
Ezra Klein spoke to author Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has sparked fierce debate in recent weeks with his new book of essays, “The ...
Opinion: Ta-Nehisi Coates CBS interviewer denied him a civil platform to share his view
Columnist Andrea Williams writes for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee. She is the curator of the Black Tennessee Voices ...
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Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
After Tony Dokoupil’s questions on CBS Mornings faced criticism, the network said it fell short of editorial standards ...