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Also Known As Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates
Born September 30, 1975 (age 49) • Baltimore • Maryland
Awards And Honors National Book Award (2015)
Notable Works “Between the World and Me” • “The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood” • “The Water Dancer” • “We Were Eight Years in Power”

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