Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates is an American author, journalist, and essayist who is one of the most important public intellectuals in America. He is the author of Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award, and has written for The Atlantic. The Beautiful Struggle is his memoir about growing up in Baltimore — the story of his youth, his relationship with his father, and the education that shaped him. The book reveals the experiences that formed one of America's most powerful voices on race, identity, and justice. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers powerful, essential American nonfiction — writing that illuminates the Black experience with intelligence, passion, and unflinching honesty.