![]() But he’s been thinking about how myths mold our perspective pretty much his whole life.Īs a member of the Black Panther Party and devotee of obscure works about African and African American history, Paul never missed a chance to school his son about his heritage. In the October issue of O, Coates revealed to O's books editor Leigh Haber the inspiration behind his latest work-and how the impulse to create this character and interweave history, fantasy, and symbolism, goes all the way back to his childhood.Ī recipient of the National Book Award and a MacArthur “genius” grant, Ta-Nehisi Coates, 44, has explored the importance of archetypes, especially as they relate to the African American story, in his previous books, The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power. ![]() The odyssey chronicles an enslaved man’s journey out of bondage aided by a superpower he didn’t know he had. ![]() “I haven’t felt this way since I first read Beloved.” This remarkable tale of the sojourn of an enslaved man on the road to freedom “pierced my soul,” Oprah says. ![]() Oprah announced today that her first selection in the newly-forged partnership between Oprah’s Book Club and Apple is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s debut novel, The Water Dancer. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |