Ta-Nehisi Coates
American journalist and author whose Between the World and Me, written as a letter to his son, won the National Book Award for its unflinching account of what it means to inhabit a Black body in America. We Were Eight Years in Power is a collection of Obama-era essays. He is the most important Black essayist of his generation.
Works
- Between the World and MeLetter to son exploring Black body vulnerability, racial violence, and American history
- We Were Eight Years in PowerEssays documenting America's racial reckoning during Obama presidency and beyond
- The Beautiful StruggleMemoir of coming of age in Baltimore amid gang violence and intellectual awakening
- Black Panther (comics)Comic series exploring Black heroism, power, and identity in Marvel universe
- The Message
- The Water DancerNovel about enslaved African attempting escape through magical time portal