This is the fourth film that the director and actor will have worked on together.
The MacArthur "Genius" and award-winning author will kick off the HBCU's prestigious celebration of Black brilliance.
NEW YORK (AP) — “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates’ brief, unflinching meditation on race and police violence, won the National Book Award for nonfiction on Wednesday night. The fiction prize was given to Adam Johnson’s “Fortune Smiles,” an eclectic and edgy story collection set everywhere from the former East Germany to a Louisiana […]
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has chosen writer Ta-Nehisi Coates to be among the 24 recipients of the 2015 “genius” grants from the organization. “When I first got the call from the MacArthur foundation, I was ecstatic,” Coates said in a video on the foundation website. “You know, if anybody even reads what I’m […]
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country’s top writers about race, Ta-Nehisi Coates, has signed up with Marvel Comics for a Black Panthers series. Coates, whose open letter to his son “Between the World and Me” is a best-seller and National Book Award nominee, is collaborating with artist Brian Stelfreeze on a storyline about […]
NEW YORK (AP) — “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blunt and impassioned letter to his son about racism and police violence, is a finalist for the National Book Awards. Coates’ work, one of the top sellers this summer, is among 10 nominees announced Wednesday by the National Book Foundation, which presents the awards. […]
An early interest in books and writing essays as punishment worked oddly in Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ favor. As national correspondent at The Atlantic, he writes about culture, politics and social issues. His work can also be found in The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, O Magazine and other notable publications. The Baltimore, Maryland native is the […]
