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,
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What Ta-Nehisi Coates Doesn't Understand About Us Palestinians | Opinion
This is not a civil rights struggle akin to 1960s America or apartheid South Africa. It's grown into a fully-blown military conflict between two separate nationhoods.
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.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Corrects the Record
Despite his extraordinary success, Ta-Nehisi Coates still carries the habits of the blogger in his writerly DNA. Although he got his start as a journalist at the Washington City Paper in the 1990s under the tutelage of David Carr while still an undergraduate at Howard University,
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.
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.
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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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 initiative.
CBS executives ‘admit heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview on Gaza did not meet standards’ after backlash
CBS Mornings’ co-anchor Tony Dokoupil compared Coates’s new book to ‘extremist’ writings – prompting online backlash ...
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CBS Backs Gayle King for Informing Author Ta-Nehisi Coates of Topics Before Controversial Interview
CBS News issued a statement defending CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King concerning her participation in the controversial ...
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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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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 ...