We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

367 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In this "urgently relevant"* collection featuring the landmark essay "The Case for Reparations," the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath"*--including...

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informative 90%
reflective 77%
challenging 61%
emotional 27%
inspiring 19%
sad 14%
dark 10%
hopeful 9%
tense 4%

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slow 37%
fast 6%

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