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A review by doughtah
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5.0
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between The World and Me” is written as a letter from a father to a son. His words are filled with a lyrical emotionality that draws you in and makes you feel like an interloper in an important discussion between father and son. Somewhere in the beginning of the book, Coates informs his son that to write and write well, one must parse out the unnecessary words and leave only the necessary. Throughout the 152 pages, Coates does just that and makes sure each sentence has been packed with meaning.
Ta-Nehisi Coates paints scenes from his life for his son, imparting wisdom and his own explanations for why certain things are the way they are in the US as a black man, while still pushing for the notion that the explanation is not the key to living life. The pursuit of the explanation, the asking of the questions, the struggle that Coates refers to throughout the book is the key to life in his eyes.
This book is important. That’s how I felt every time I put Coates’ letter to his son down. It’s important. There is vulnerability here and a point of view that must be read. Especially now.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It hits a lot of points that the current civil rights movement (is it called current if it’s the same/a similar fight fought by previous generations or is it the continued?) is drawing attention to and does so in a way that shows us how things are connected for him. “Between The World And Me” is beautiful. And I agree wholeheartedly with Toni Morrison, ‘This is required reading.’
Ta-Nehisi Coates paints scenes from his life for his son, imparting wisdom and his own explanations for why certain things are the way they are in the US as a black man, while still pushing for the notion that the explanation is not the key to living life. The pursuit of the explanation, the asking of the questions, the struggle that Coates refers to throughout the book is the key to life in his eyes.
This book is important. That’s how I felt every time I put Coates’ letter to his son down. It’s important. There is vulnerability here and a point of view that must be read. Especially now.
I would recommend this book to anyone. It hits a lot of points that the current civil rights movement (is it called current if it’s the same/a similar fight fought by previous generations or is it the continued?) is drawing attention to and does so in a way that shows us how things are connected for him. “Between The World And Me” is beautiful. And I agree wholeheartedly with Toni Morrison, ‘This is required reading.’