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Title Between the World and Me
Author Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Binding Hardcover
Edition [ Edition: First
Condition New
Pages 176
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher One World, New York, NY
Date 2015-07-14
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated
Bookseller's Inventory # 9780812993547
ISBN 9780812993547 / 0812993543
Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
Dimensions 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.9 in (18.54 x 12.95 x 2.29 cm)
Reading level 1090
Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Civil War
Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations, Race discrimination - United States
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015008120
Dewey Decimal Code B

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About this book

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

Summary

In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward (from publishers website).

Media reviews

Citations

Booklist, 08/01/2015, Page 7
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's, 01/01/2016, Page 11
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2016, Page 8
Christian Century, 09/30/2015, Page 37
Ebony, 09/01/2015, Page 33
Entertainment Weekly, 07/31/2015, Page 63
Essence, 12/01/2015, Page 64
Kirkus Best Nonfiction, 12/01/2015, Page 12
Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2015, Page 23
Library Journal, 08/01/2015, Page 106
Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/15/2015, Page 56
New York Review of Books, 02/11/2016, Page 28
New York Times Book Review, 09/06/2015, Page 10
NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/06/2015, Page 27
People Weekly, 07/27/2015, Page 41
Publishers Weekly, 07/06/2015, Page 0
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/02/2015, Page 25
School Library Journal, 02/01/2016, Page 110
Shelf Awareness, 07/14/2015, Page 0

About the author

Ta-Nehisi Coates is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award in 2015. He is the recipient of a National Magazine Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. He is currently the Sterling Brown endowed chair at Howard University in the English department.