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| '''Ta-Nehisi Coates''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|ɑː|n|ə|ˈ|h|ɑː|s|i|_|ˈ|k|oʊ|t|s}} {{respell|TAH|nə|HAH|see}} {{respell|KOHTS|'}};<ref> The name derives from the Egyptian name of ], ''nḥsy'', for which the vowels are unknown.</ref> born 1975) is an American senior editor for '']'' and a blogger for the publication's website. Coates has worked for '']'', '']'', and '']''. He has contributed to '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and other publications. In 2008 he published a memoir, ''The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood''. | '''Ta-Nehisi Coates''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|ɑː|n|ə|ˈ|h|ɑː|s|i|_|ˈ|k|oʊ|t|s}} {{respell|TAH|nə|HAH|see}} {{respell|KOHTS|'}};<ref> The name derives from the Egyptian name of ], ''nḥsy'', for which the vowels are unknown.</ref> born 1975) is an American senior editor for '']'' and a blogger for the publication's website. Coates has worked for '']'', '']'', and '']''. He has contributed to '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and other publications. In 2008 he published a memoir, ''The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood''. | ||
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==Early life and education== | ||
| Coates was raised in a working-class family in ]. His father, William Paul Coates, was a ] and former ]. His mother, Cheryl, was the ] in the family and his father was a ] where he ran a small publishing house which published books on African American studies<ref>] ]</ref> during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.<ref>Smith, Jeremy Adam. . Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8070-2120-0, p. 105.</ref> Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pride|first=Felicia|title=Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830|publisher=Baltimore City Paper|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref> Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Morton|first=Paul|title=An Interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_11_013677.php|publisher=Bookslut|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref> | Coates was raised in a working-class family in ]. His father, William Paul Coates, was a ] and former ]. His mother, Cheryl, was the ] in the family and his father was a ] where he ran a small publishing house which published books on African American studies<ref>] ]</ref> during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.<ref>Smith, Jeremy Adam. . Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8070-2120-0, p. 105.</ref> Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pride|first=Felicia|title=Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830|publisher=Baltimore City Paper|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref> Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Morton|first=Paul|title=An Interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_11_013677.php|publisher=Bookslut|accessdate=March 31, 2014}}</ref> | ||
| Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools, including ], before graduating from ].<ref name=beautiful/> After high school, he enrolled in ] but dropped out to become a journalist.<ref name="Manning Up">{{cite web|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830|title=Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed|author=Felicia Pride|publisher=Baltimore City Paper|date=2007-04-06}}</ref><ref>. '']'', November 2004.</ref> He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.<ref name="2013Observer" /> | Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools, including ], before graduating from ].<ref name=beautiful/> After high school, he enrolled in ] but dropped out to become a journalist.<ref name="Manning Up">{{cite web|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830|title=Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed|author=Felicia Pride|publisher=Baltimore City Paper|date=2007-04-06}}</ref><ref>. '']'', November 2004.</ref> He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.<ref name="2013Observer" /> | ||
| ==Career== | |||
| ==Writing and teaching== | |||
| ⚫ | In 2009, Coates published ''The Beautiful Struggle'', a memoir about coming of age in West Baltimore and its impact on him.<ref>{{cite web|last=George|first=Lynell|title=Lessons from Dad|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/09/entertainment/et-coates9|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Jordan Michael|title=Fear of a Black Pundit|url=http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/|publisher=New York Observer|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> In it, he discusses the influence of his father, a former Black Panther; the prevailing street crime of the era and its effects on his older brother;<ref>{{cite web|last=Spalter|first=Mya|title=Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Beautiful Struggle' to Manhood|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105588797|publisher=National Public Radio|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> his own troubled experience attending Baltimore-area schools;<ref>{{cite web|last=Coates|first=Ta-Nehisi|title=The Littlest Schoolhouse|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/|publisher=The Atlantic|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref><ref name=beautiful>{{cite web|last=Coates|first=Ta-Nehisi|title=The Beautiful Struggle|isbn=978-0385520362|publisher=]}}</ref> and his eventual graduation and enrollment in Howard University.<ref name=beautiful/> | ||
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| Coates is a senior editor at '']'', for which he writes feature articles beside maintaining a ]. Topics covered by the blog include politics, history, race, culture as well as sports, and music. His writing on race, such as his September 2012 ''Atlantic'' cover piece "Fear of a Black President",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/ |title=Fear of a Black President |date=August 22, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |last=Coates |first=Ta-Nehisi |publisher='']''}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2012/09/28/notable-narrative-fear-of-a-black-president-by-ta-nehisi-coates/ |title=Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates |date=September 28, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |first=Tom |last=Levenson |publisher=Nieman Storyboard}}</ref><ref name="2013Observer">{{cite news |publisher='']'' |url=http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/?show=all |title=Fear of a Black Pundit: Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media |first=Jordan Michael |last=Smith |date=March 5, 2013 |accessdate=December 19, 2013}}</ref> have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by ].<ref>. ]</ref> and the 2012 ] for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The ] Foundation.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=Hillman>{{cite web|title=2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism: Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/2012-hillman-prize-opinion-analysis-journalism|publisher= Sidney Hillman Foundation|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave the grown-ups to stay and chime in".<ref name=OTM>{{cite web|last=Garfield|first=Bob|title=How to create an engaging comments section|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/178194-how-create-engaging-comments-section/|publisher=]|date=December 30, 2011|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name=wnyc>{{cite web|last=Azi|first=Paybarah|title=NPR's guide to blogging: act like Andrew Sullivan, Ben Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/195412-nprs-guide-to-blogging-act-like-andrew-sullivan-ben-smith-ta-nehisi-coates/|publisher=]|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name=media>{{cite web|last=Matias|first=J. Nathan|title=The beauty and terror of commenting communities: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Media Lab|url=http://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-beauty-and-terror-of-commenting-communities-ta-nehisi-coates-at-the-media-lab|publisher=MIT Center for Civic Media|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2012}}</ref> | Coates is a senior editor at '']'', for which he writes feature articles beside maintaining a ]. Topics covered by the blog include politics, history, race, culture as well as sports, and music. His writing on race, such as his September 2012 ''Atlantic'' cover piece "Fear of a Black President",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/ |title=Fear of a Black President |date=August 22, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |last=Coates |first=Ta-Nehisi |publisher='']''}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2012/09/28/notable-narrative-fear-of-a-black-president-by-ta-nehisi-coates/ |title=Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates |date=September 28, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |first=Tom |last=Levenson |publisher=Nieman Storyboard}}</ref><ref name="2013Observer">{{cite news |publisher='']'' |url=http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/?show=all |title=Fear of a Black Pundit: Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media |first=Jordan Michael |last=Smith |date=March 5, 2013 |accessdate=December 19, 2013}}</ref> have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by ].<ref>. ]</ref> and the 2012 ] for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The ] Foundation.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=Hillman>{{cite web|title=2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism: Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/2012-hillman-prize-opinion-analysis-journalism|publisher= Sidney Hillman Foundation|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave the grown-ups to stay and chime in".<ref name=OTM>{{cite web|last=Garfield|first=Bob|title=How to create an engaging comments section|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/178194-how-create-engaging-comments-section/|publisher=]|date=December 30, 2011|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name=wnyc>{{cite web|last=Azi|first=Paybarah|title=NPR's guide to blogging: act like Andrew Sullivan, Ben Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/195412-nprs-guide-to-blogging-act-like-andrew-sullivan-ben-smith-ta-nehisi-coates/|publisher=]|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name=media>{{cite web|last=Matias|first=J. Nathan|title=The beauty and terror of commenting communities: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Media Lab|url=http://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-beauty-and-terror-of-commenting-communities-ta-nehisi-coates-at-the-media-lab|publisher=MIT Center for Civic Media|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2012}}</ref> | ||
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| Ta-Nehisi Coates | |
|---|---|
 Coates at the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival | |
| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, blogger |
| Genre | Journalism, non-fiction, blogging, race, politics, culture |
Ta-Nehisi Coates (/ˌtɑːnəˈhɑːsi ˈkoʊts/ TAH-nə-HAH-see KOHTS; born 1975) is an American senior editor for The Atlantic and a blogger for the publication's website. Coates has worked for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, and Time. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, O, and other publications. In 2008 he published a memoir, The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood.
Early life and education
Coates was raised in a working-class family in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, William Paul Coates, was a Vietnam veteran and former Black Panther. His mother, Cheryl, was the breadwinner in the family and his father was a stay-at-home dad where he ran a small publishing house which published books on African American studies during Ta-Nehisi's childhood. Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children. Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient Nubia.
Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools, including Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, before graduating from Woodlawn High School. After high school, he enrolled in Howard University but dropped out to become a journalist. He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.
Career
In 2009, Coates published The Beautiful Struggle, a memoir about coming of age in West Baltimore and its impact on him. In it, he discusses the influence of his father, a former Black Panther; the prevailing street crime of the era and its effects on his older brother; his own troubled experience attending Baltimore-area schools; and his eventual graduation and enrollment in Howard University.
Coates is a senior editor at The Atlantic, for which he writes feature articles beside maintaining a blog. Topics covered by the blog include politics, history, race, culture as well as sports, and music. His writing on race, such as his September 2012 Atlantic cover piece "Fear of a Black President", have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by TIME Magazine. and the 2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The Sidney Hillman Foundation. Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave the grown-ups to stay and chime in".
Coates is the 2012-13 MLK visiting professor for writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a guest columnist for the New York Times, having turned down an offer from them to become a regular columnist. He has also written for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, Time, The Washington Post, the Washington Monthly and O magazine.
References
- Fresh Air, 2009 Feb 19 The name derives from the Egyptian name of Nubia, nḥsy, for which the vowels are unknown.
- Interview with Terry Gross on NPR's radio show Fresh Air
- Smith, Jeremy Adam. The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8070-2120-0, p. 105.
- Pride, Felicia. "Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed". Baltimore City Paper. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- Morton, Paul. "An Interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates". Bookslut. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi. "The Beautiful Struggle". Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 978-0385520362.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - Felicia Pride (2007-04-06). "Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed". Baltimore City Paper.
- "The guest list". Vibe, November 2004.
- ^ Smith, Jordan Michael (March 5, 2013). "Fear of a Black Pundit: Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media". New York Observer. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - George, Lynell. "Lessons from Dad". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Smith, Jordan Michael. "Fear of a Black Pundit". New York Observer. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Spalter, Mya. "Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Beautiful Struggle' to Manhood". National Public Radio. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. "The Littlest Schoolhouse". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi (August 22, 2012). "Fear of a Black President". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Levenson, Tom (September 28, 2012). "Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates". Nieman Storyboard. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- "Full List - The Best Blogs of 2011". Time Magazine
- "2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism: Ta-Nehisi Coates". Sidney Hillman Foundation. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- Garfield, Bob (December 30, 2011). "How to create an engaging comments section". On the media. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- Azi, Paybarah (October 22, 2010). "NPR's guide to blogging: act like Andrew Sullivan, Ben Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates". WNYC. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- Matias, J. Nathan (October 22, 2012). "The beauty and terror of commenting communities: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Media Lab". MIT Center for Civic Media. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- "Ta-Nehisi Coates is 2012-2013 MLK Visiting Scholar". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved October 4, 2013.