Praise for Between the World and Me
“I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates. The language of Between the World and Me, like Coates’s journey, is visceral, eloquent, and beautifully redemptive. And its examination of the hazards and hopes of black male life is as profound as it is revelatory.”--Toni Morrison
“Powerful and passionate . . . profoundly moving . . . a searing meditation on what it means to be black in America today.”--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“Really powerful and emotional.”--John Legend, The Wall Street Journal
“Extraordinary.”--David Remnick, The New Yorker
“Brilliant . . . a mature writer entirely consumed by a momentous subject and working at the extreme of his considerable powers.”--The Washington Post
“An eloquent blend of history, reportage, and memoir.”--The Boston Globe
“[Coates] speaks resolutely and vividly to all of black America.”--Los Angeles Times
“A work that’s both titanic and timely . . . the latest essential reading in America’s social canon.”--Entertainment Weekly