Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Book of the Day, NPR · July 7, 2025

Ten years later, Ta-Nehisi Coates says 'Between the World and Me' is no longer his

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Written as a letter to his then-15-year-old son, this book explores the state of race relations in the United States and became a literary phenomenon upon its release in 2015, shortly after the Mother Emanuel church shooting in Charleston.

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